Sentence examples for requires but from inspiring English sources

This provision allows courts to give a drug offender less time in prison than the mandatory minimum requires, but only if he and his offense meet certain requirements.

The question is not what the law requires but what politics demands.

Complex systems can only be built step by step, whereas destruction requires but an instant.

The performances are as broadly and cleanly drawn as the Globe requires, but they're not cartoons.

The conditions are the exact opposite of what it requires, but they've spent thousands trying to make it work anyway.

As Tosca, Catherine Malfitano, showed all the compassion, subtlety and expressive powers this role requires, but which few bring.

Her body doesn't quite get what the shot put requires but it's up to me to use my initiative.

She declared herself ready to tackle the official verse which the laureateship requires, but only if the occasion inspired her.

It is unclear what the legislation requires, but the villages involved presumably are among the hardest hit by the shortages.

The band had the brawn heavy metal requires but wielded it with the precision of the Marquis de Sade.

The amount was less than state law requires, but the city did more than it had to.