Sentence examples for standing ordinances from inspiring English sources
Specific conservation targets were set, voluntary rationing was requested, outdoor irrigation was restricted, and standing ordinances that prohibit water wastage were reinforced through additional reminders and publicity (Fig. 7).
Following the Truce of Tours in 1444, no general demobilization occurred; instead, the best of the larger units were reconstituted as "companies of the king's ordinance," which were standing units of cavalry well selected and well equipped; they served as local guardians of peace at local expense.
But others standing in front of a complex of barracks-like apartments attacked the ordinance, calling it "stupid" and "a bad law".
In December, three advocacy groups and at least six laborers filed a federal lawsuit, claiming the ordinance unfairly targeted laborers who often obtained a day job by standing on a public sidewalk.
And three armed soldiers standing in green fatigues on a corner watched quietly, doing nothing despite an emergency government ordinance banning groups of more than five from gathering.
Proponents of architectural preservation heaped praise on Beverly Hills three years ago for passing an ordinance that aimed to save significant buildings from the wrecking ball — or at least those that remained standing after owners knocked down Pickfair, the Friars Club, John Lautner's Shusett House and other pedigree places.
