Sentence examples for state decrees from inspiring English sources

There are other "unfunded mandates" that are state decrees that come without enough dollars attached.

The state decrees that schools in all towns must first determine what percentage of their total school population is minority.

A team of Cuban journalists combed through thousands of hours, selecting the folksy childhood anecdotes which he would drop in among state decrees and political announcements.

"The duty of the clergy," Orlando Figes explained in Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia, "was to uphold and enforce the tsar's authority, to read out state decrees from the pulpit, to carry out administrative duties for the state, and inform the police about all dissent and criminality".

Let there be no more death by state decree.

Last month, the state decreed that the company would have to shut down its showrooms.

Well, would the starting point be what the secretary of state decreed for uniformity?

Starting in September 2001, the state decreed that SURR schools could hire only certified teachers.

NHS England and the secretary of state decree that the TSA's proposals should go ahead regardless.

On paper, low-cost burials have been national policy since at least 1997, when State Decree 225 ordered cemetery land conserved and "thrifty funeral arrangements" promoted.

Mr. Moss said that in 1996 the city and state decreed that there be one lifeguard for every 50 yards of beach, with an equivalent formula for pools.