Sentence examples for legislation was used from inspiring English sources

Her proposed legislation was used to begin the conversation.

Identical legislation was used to arrest the Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet in the UK in 1998.

In both Egypt and Pakistan, most people who fell foul of these laws were Muslim, but the legislation was  used to a disproportionate extent against minority Christians.

"We would be extremely concerned if anti-terror legislation was used in a way that ultimately curtailed or limited the work academics do".

The same legislation was used at Heathrow airport in August to detain David Miranda, partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald who has written about mass internet surveillance by the US National Security Agency and Britain's GCHQ.

"You're absolutely right that we don't do a proper record on the street which details the rationale for the search, which piece of legislation was used, the officer's name and details," Mawson said.

Should legislation be used or would a voluntary approach be preferable?

If legislation were used it could be debated in parliament and scrutinised in courts.

Estimated mean willingness to pay to support the legislation is used to estimate the annual benefit of the legislation to UK citizens.

Measures have already been drafted to bring about a change in policy from the Bush period as legislation is used as a key tool to counteract illegality.

A separate fact-finding mission by a coroner was also launched, with human rights legislation being used to see whether the soldiers should have been better protected.