Sentence examples for official decree from inspiring English sources

Even before the official decree, the sombre mood had begun.

But, by official decree, optimism bias was deemed not to exist in private procurement.

The only justification given in the official decree was promoting "social and political stability in the region".

Today, schools and businesses in a Tehran choked by winter smog started two hours later than usual, by official decree.

Tonight, he declared that he had not received an official decree from Mr. Arafat ordering his dismissal.

In past elections, up to four candidates could stand in voting districts, but an official decree has limited that number to one.

The brief relies primarily on documentary evidence: captured German documents, such as letters, memos, reports, and official decrees; interrogations of the defendants; and affidavits from witnesses.

By May 21, the day before regional and local elections, there were thousands more protesters in squares across the country, ignoring official decrees that they should leave.

Perhaps the most pernicious effect of this type of journalism is that it converts journalists into dutiful messengers of official decrees.

The Politburo, Secretariat, and other party organs issued their official decrees in the Central Committee's name until the Soviet Union's demise in 1991.

They include official decrees, annals, codes of law, lists of citizens, civic rolls, temple accounts, votive offerings, ostraca (fragments of pottery), sepulchral inscriptions, coins, lettering on vases, and so forth.