Sentence examples for special decree from inspiring English sources

In 2006, through a special decree, his family was granted Bahraini citizenship — a gesture rarely extended to foreign workers in the Gulf countries.

But the departing assembly granted Mr. Chávez special decree powers for the next 18 months, meaning he will be able to bypass the National Assembly to enact many laws.

He had been so close to the president, traveling with him on most state visits, that Mr. Mubarak issued a special decree to allow Mr. Suleiman to retain his post even after passing the mandatory retirement age.

When Dai failed the civil service exam for the sixth time, in 1775, the emperor finally made him a jinshi by special decree, and Dai became a member of the Imperial Academy.

In November of that same year, in an act of outreach to conservative Anglicans, Benedict approved an apostolic constitution, or special decree, that allowed Anglican clergymen and laypersons to join the Roman Catholic Church while maintaining some Anglican traditions.

The president has asked Congress to grant him special decree powers and to approve a fast-track legislative process to make the laws necessary to apply the peace deal once it is signed.

In mid-August, Mediapro was the chief beneficiary of a special "royal decree" approved on a fast-track vote by the Spanish cabinet that opened the way for digital over-the-air television available on a subscription basis.

The success in quickly enforcing this special action decree was still riddled with uncertainty, as the MEP acknowledged the numerous problems with regulating smaller-scale unregistered LAB enterprises.

In response to recent mass Pb poisonings, in March 2011 the MEP along with the National Development and Reform Commission jointly issued an environmental protection special action decree (UNCED [2011] No. 41), with remediation of the LAB industry as its primary goal [ 44].

Romanians have been protesting these special government decrees for over two weeks.

Romanians have been protesting these special government decrees for over two weeks.