Sentence examples for similar decree from inspiring English sources

"He made a similar decree in March of last year," he said, "and nothing happened".

Last year, Mr. Chavez successfully demanded that a weak and discredited Congress grant him similar decree powers in order to reshape the country's economic structure.

Lionnel Luca, another hardline member of Sarkozy's Les Républicains, signed a similar decree banning burkinis in the nearby area of Villeneuve-Loubet.

Salt Lake City has issued a similar decree, and New York City recently began an advertising campaign that touted its water as "clean," "zero sugar" and even "stain free".

He'd signed a similar decree for Florida earlier.

Though the commander of the faithful had issued similar decrees before, this one seemed accompanied by the Taliban's enforcement.

Not long after its implementation in New Mexico, similar decrees sprouted up across the country.

The city has already agreed to clean up its beleaguered police department under a similar consent decree; the bill for that is expected to reach $55m over five years.

In January 2001, a federal appeals court in Illinois eased the terms of a similar consent decree that had limited the ability of the Chicago Police Department to investigate political activity in that city.

Thailand's military, the leader of 18 coups in the past, has remained publicly neutral during the current confrontation, as it did in 2008 when a similar emergency decree was issued against "yellow shirt" protesters from the other side of the political divide.

Tragically, Jewish history is fraught with similar draconian decrees.