Sentence examples for invoked before from inspiring English sources

This law, rarely invoked before Sept. 11, is now the cornerstone of the Justice Department's domestic war on terrorism.

Mr. Gorton also says Washington State needs his seniority and influence in Congress -- a point Mr. Magnuson invoked before Mr. Gorton beat him in 1980.

With the August 2nd deadline looming and Obama's announcement today that John Boehner "walked away" from negotiations, it's certainly an apt cliché — and one that has been invoked before with this Administration and its legislature.

Since RAP is invoked before the connectivity with parent coordinator is lost, orphan scan is not required.

In conventional methods, a dimensional reduction pre-processing step is invoked before the VQ system in order to reduce the block length.

The LGD trigger should be invoked before an actual LD event by at least the time required to prepare and to execute a handover (anticipation factor or optimum threshold value).

The disciplinary procedure has been invoked only once before, against Portugal, and that case is still years away from being resolved.

The 25th Amendment was invoked only once before, on July 13 , 1985 when President Ronald Reagan had surgery for colon cancer and transferred his powers to Mr. Bush's father, who was then vice president, for nearly eight hours.

Yet even on the backstreets of Steinway Street, healing ceremonies are held and the spirits of the oceans and the forest are invoked — especially before religious holidays, when believers want to reconnect with their saints and spirits.

Have you invoked Satan before?

If I've invoked Satan before I would be a Satanist, wouldn't I? I have to maintain neutrality.