Sentence examples for ordinance being from inspiring English sources

Despite the ordinance being largely ineffective, with those in the labouring classes enjoying a century of relative prosperity until the population recovered, it was the first attempt to affect personal wages across the country.

"As we got our foot in the door in terms of this ordinance being applied to the private sector," he surmised, that would give the living-wage network the ammunition to help other communities across the country do likewise.

This failure resulted in the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance being overturned by Texas voters.

But the ordinance was popular.

The ordinance is largely symbolic.

"This ordinance was worded wrong," she said.

This special ordinance was repealed in 1707.

The ordinance was to take effect immediately.

His self-denying ordinance was understandable.

(This ordinance was superseded by the Ordinance of 1787).

Others fretted that the ordinance is too broad.