Sentence examples for legislation continued from inspiring English sources

However, the legislation continued to attract controversy during its final stages in parliament because of defences available to law enforcement agencies.

Nevertheless, housing improvement occurred as new structures were erected, and new legislation continued to raise standards, often in response to the exposés of investigators and activists such as Jacob Riis in the United States and Charles Booth in England.

White's more public claim to fame was to ensure that copies of all legislation continued to be printed on vellum, as has been the case since 1849, when mid-19th-century modernisers moved on from handwritten parchment.

Although the Democratically controlled Senate never approved any of these bills in the 112th Congress, regulatory reform legislation continued to be debated in the 113th Congress, again with job creation as the key stated objective (e.g., Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013; Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 2013; Small Business Freedom of Commerce Act of 2013).

Both parties predict the payroll tax cut will be extended beyond its Dec. 31 expiration, though the question of how — or whether — to pay for it and some other unrelated issues in the year-end legislation continued to hold it up on Wednesday.

‡Medical Act 1972 provided for the voluntary donation of organs: this legislation continued in 1988-90 alongside the Human Organ and Transplantation Act 1987 However, there was limited exploration of other changes such as increased publicity and organisational and infrastructure changes that might have taken place at the same time as the change in legislation.

Egypt led the way in Africa by legislating against it in 1992, and we must hope and pray that this legislation continues in place under the new Egyptian regime.

Criticism of the legislation continues to spread here and abroad.

The fight between George Bush and Congress over war-spending legislation continues.

As climate and energy legislation continues to founder in Washington, Senator Maria Cantwell says it's time for a new strategy.

Yet, corporate social responsibility initiatives and legislation continue to rely on audits and adopt audits as regulatory instruments.