Sentence examples for if ratification from inspiring English sources

Until Dec. 31, a nation can indicate its support for the court by signing the treaty, even if ratification is not immediately likely.

If ratification of the annexation measure stalled in the US Senate, the Lone Star Republic could face a war alone against Mexico.

Beyond a strike, if the ratification should fall short, the two sides could hold further talks, or Ford could impose a lockout on the union workers.

"Even if the ratification process goes as smoothly as the E.U.

The organization's rules are so heavily stacked against developing countries that they would never have been approved by the member countries if the ratification were to take place today.

Even if they prove to be, the new treaty will be complex and take years to draft even before being put to the electorate for ratification, if there is ratification.

Japanese officials have said they will be most likely to pursue ratification if they see signs that the United States may eventually act to limit warming.

In the Netherlands the opposition Labour Party which is supposed to support the minority government on European issues threatens to block ratification if the government imposes austerity to meet next year's deficit target of 3% of GDP.

But another legislative leader, Vladimir Lukin, a member of the liberal Yabloko faction and a former ambassador to the United States, said he did not believe that the Communists would be able to muster more than 150 votes if they opposed ratification.

But quite what that change means, both in France and in Europe, is rather less clear.A red letter dayMr Hollande has promised to "renegotiate" Europe's fiscal compact, which Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, regards as the centrepiece of euro-zone stability plans, and to block the treaty's ratification if he does not get his way.

The vote, largely along party lines, was 12 short of the number needed to keep the amendment alive and 19 shy of the 67 votes needed to send the amendment to states for ratification, if it is approved by the House.