Sentence examples for mandates that it has from inspiring English sources

"Over the last decade, the U.S. Department of Education has become so congested with federal mandates that it has become, in effect, a national school board," Alexander said in a statement.

Its restricted mandate means that it has only been responsible for a third of all rescues this year, while Mare Nostrum saved well over half of last year's record numbers.

The committee's report agreed by a majority of just 13 to nine that a reformed House of Lords "should have an electoral mandate provided that it has commensurate powers", although it noted concerns it could mean elected peers would challenge the traditional primacy of the House of Commons.

Another very important aspect of the mandate is that it has exemptions.

The CCP's mandate demonstrates that it has a series of concerns to take into account simultaneously, not all of which deal with promotion of competition.

The consumer bureau, which was created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, has been an ongoing target of Republican lawmakers, who complain that its mandate is too broad, that it has too much power and that its director is unaccountable.

The law that mandates "making" a sukkah means that it has to be a DIY project.

Over the past few days, the United States, supported by Britain, has blocked all international attempts to introduce an immediate ceasefire, giving Israel the clear impression that it has a mandate to continue its assault on Lebanon.

Critics of the ethanol mandate are just as adamant that it has been a colossal failure.

According to a report in Reuters, Goldstone said he had spent many days and "sleepless nights" deciding whether to accept the mandate, saying that it had come as "quite a shock".

The Conservative Party, which en masse cannot grasp that it has no mandate for anything, is eating not just its alleged leader alive, but itself.