Sentence examples for mandatory pillar from inspiring English sources

But there is a snag with abolishing the mandatory pillar.

Following this concept, HIV surveillance in Germany is based on three pillars: Mandatory reporting of new HIV diagnoses (since 1988), long-term cohort studies focusing on treatment and long-term effects in people living with HIV, as well as studies among sub-populations most at risk for HIV infection.

The Philadelphia program works because it incorporates four pillars: (1) It is mandatory.

While fasting during daytime over the 30 days of Ramadan, including abstaining from drinking liquids, is mandatory for Muslims and one of the five pillars of Islam, there are exemptions, including for the sick, pregnant, infirm or elderly.

Ramadan is mandatory for Muslims and one of the five pillars of Islam, although there are exemptions for the sick, pregnant, infirm or elderly.

In 1994, the Bank described its approach as having three pillars: a public unfunded system; privately managed mandatory saving accounts; and voluntary retirement saving.

China is turning Japanese (see chart).Pensions can rest on a variety of "pillars", among them government handouts, schemes financed by mandatory contributions, and voluntary arrangements.

Likewise, Germany's Riester pension could become mandatory for employees there.Of course, the transition from the first to the third pillar cannot happen overnight.

The second pillar is an employer-based, fully funded occupational pension scheme, which is mandatory for all employees whose annual earnings exceed CHF 20,000.

There are also four pillars, which are voluntary: suicide ("optional but encouraged"), abortion ("may be required to avoid procreation"), cannibalism ("mandatory if you insist on eating flesh," but only if someone is already dead), and sodomy ("optional, but strongly encouraged").

She was no pillar.