Sentence examples for invoke a rule from inspiring English sources

For the first time, any member nation will be able to invoke a rule stipulating that no decision can be taken by a coalition representing less than 62percentt of the population.

While the program allows the I.R.S. to grant whistle-blowers as much as 30 percent of the money they recover, some federal officials urged the I.R.S. to invoke a rule that allows them to deny an award to informants who withhold information or engage in illegal activity.

Later that month the African Union (AU) drew up a proposal to send 5,000 troops to Burundi, leaving open the possibility to invoke a rule that has never been used and would allow the body to deploy into a country without its consent.

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"Poverty protects," said Mr. de Koster, invoking a rule of thumb from the museum world.

But the EU invokes a rule that no country can receive regional aid that is more than 4% of its GDP.

The Speaker caused surprise when he invoked a rule from 1604 to stop the prime minister putting her deal to parliament repeatedly.

Before the match began, he had invoked a rule prohibiting either player from offering a draw, so the only way a draw could occur was if the players ran out of pieces, or if they repeated a position three times.

The F.D.A. told about 20 manufacturers in a letter issued Friday that it was invoking a rule requiring postmarket studies in cases where an implant's failure could have serious consequences.

Mr Pollard, who found that the teenager took his own life, invoked a rule which requires coroners to demand action to be taken by organisations when they fear future similar deaths.

Five chapters had to be excised prior to publication in 2009 after Whitehall officials invoked a rule that official histories should not include matters concerning the administration in power.