Sentence examples for sensible provisions from inspiring English sources

Passengers should be wondering why so many of the sensible provisions in the bill have not already been put into action.

In May, the Obama administration proposed legislation with sensible provisions to ensure that companies running critical infrastructure — like the nation's power grid — have adequate systems to reduce the risk of an attack online.

That would, in theory, allow the politicians to redraft a better bill perhaps even one that included sensible provisions on auto-fuel efficiency, mandatory carbon curbs and so on.

Relying on the Parliament Act for the Commons to override the Lords' wishes would have delayed the bill and its many sensible provisions, such as more freedom for police to question suspects after charging them.

These regulations simply put on a statutory footing the competition and procurement rules produced under the previous Labour government but with the addition of some sensible provisions on the integration of health and social care.

"I am going to be 74 years old in December, and as much as you hate to face it, you have to make sensible provisions for an institution you love," he said.

"I thought I was making sensible provision for clearing my mortgages and having a pension, but I ended up with a huge shortfall," he says.

However, in the case of the World Trade Center, rigid adherence to this sensible provision has led to decisions that have not been in the best interests of New Yorkers.

This is not mere legal fussiness but a sensible provision, as the statements were not sworn and could not have been subjected to cross-examination by the attorneys of the mentioned persons unless the makers of the statements went into the witness box, which they did not do.

Another useful tool is a sensible provision of the Patriot Act that authorizes the government to send a limited list of suspect individuals to financial institutions.

However, if it is prudent to insure our houses, our cars and other possessions, surely it is also prudent to make sensible provision for our own health.