Sentence examples for purchasing laws from inspiring English sources

Some two dozen state and local governments, including New York City, have enacted similar "selective purchasing" laws that effectively withhold government contracts from companies that do business in Myanmar or other countries, including Nigeria, Tibet, Indonesia and Cuba.

Hundreds of corporations have rebelled against sanctions and purchasing laws.

Social landlord procurers are usually responsible for making sure their organisation complies with public purchasing laws.

In his speech to business leaders, Mr. Kudrin said that government purchasing laws would be changed to redirect spending to high-technology companies and that the same requirements would be imposed on state-controlled companies like Gazprom and Rosneft.

In his speech to business leaders, Mr. Kudrin said that government purchasing laws would be changed to redirect spending to high-tech companies, and that the same requirements would be imposed on state-controlled companies like Gazprom and Rosneft.

While divestment was the main local sanction applied against South Africa in the anti-apartheid movement, selective purchasing laws and ordinances now predominate in the movement to pressure Myanmar.

Other minor accomplishments included passing a purchasing law, strengthening strip mining regulations, and improving benefits for teachers.

Research evaluations of these "permit to purchase" laws in Missouri and Connecticut found much stronger results in preventing gun murders than the evaluation of universal background check laws alone found.

Multiple studies from researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that such "permit to purchase" laws, which include a particularly strong background check, reduce homicides, suicides and gun trafficking.

Prices being demanded by the alleged smugglers were "far, far higher" than the catalog costs in countries where the weapons can be legally purchased, law enforcement sources said.

The economy has become so globalized, Mr. Billenness said, that more than ever, "if you pass a selective purchasing law in any city in the world, it will have import far beyond its borders".