Sentence examples for or countermanded from inspiring English sources

That diver, Paddy Heron, said in an interview with BBC-Scotland television that "any arrangement or proposed operation that they spoke about was rescinded, gone back on, altered or countermanded".

An accidental (♭, or flat; ♯, or sharp) is a temporary lowering or raising of pitch by a semitone; a key signature is the use of the same signs on a more permanent basis, valid to the end of a piece or until countermanded by a new signature.

Todd Gaziano of the Heritage Foundation has written that people ought to regard such signing statements as having essentially the same status as presidential proclamations or executive orders -- in other words, statements with directive force over the executive branch, presumably unless countermanded by a later proclamation or executive order.

But neither said he destroyed any documents or electronic records because of them before they were countermanded on Dec. 6.

Pre-response conflict and uncertainty both indicate an increased likelihood to fail, which can still be countermanded by quickly recruiting additional control processes (solving the conflict or gathering the necessary information to reduce uncertainty).

These impressions or appearances do not carry with them any pull because they are always countermanded by another equal and opposite impression.

The attorney general shall not countermand or interfere with the special counsel's decisions or actions.

That was quickly countermanded.

Sometimes they countermanded them.

The Binh Xuyen was routed, and Dulles countermanded his order.

During the Spanish-American War, he countermanded orders preventing the recruitment and service of black soldiers.