Sentence examples for successive legislation from inspiring English sources

Firstly about 80,000 ha of English woods are within statutorily protected sites; the degree of protection for these has increased through successive legislation in 1949, 1981 and 2001.

Slavery, which had initially been widespread, was restricted by successive legislation until its final abolition in 1888.

The creation of the MCH Special Clinic was authorised in 1977 after independence by the FRELIMO ruling party and then regulated by the Government through successive legislation, with the objective of providing adequate care for party members and international diplomatic officials in Maputo [ 6, 7].

Now, after these successive rounds of legislation and rule tightening, the only effective way for an American company to invert is by increasing foreign ownership of its stock to more than 20 percent.

These successive steps in legislation gave us the opportunity to investigate possible stepwise changes in preterm delivery.

Very few know their legal rights and even experienced activists can get caught out by the mass of legislation passed by successive governments in recent years.

These minority-decided switches in power might not matter were it not for the partisan legislation that each successive minority British government since 1964 has felt itself mandated to whip through the lobbies.This mountain of minority-mandated legislation has grown remorselessly.

Given the divisiveness of the abortion issue in Ireland, which has prompted two bitterly fought referendums, successive governments have avoided passing any legislation.

Successive waves of colonial and postcolonial legislation slowly broke the ancient links between the devadasis and the temples, driving the women out of the temple precincts and eroding their social, economic, and spiritual position.

But the legislation has been introduced in successive Congresses and has failed to generate bipartisan support, although many of his fellow Democrats have been cosponsors.

But in the 20 years since the decision in the "X Case," successive governments have shied away from enacting the legislation needed to carry out the order.