Sentence examples for symbolic provision from inspiring English sources
But the House and Senate approach the issue differently, and administration officials and Senate Democratic leaders have been squabbling over a largely symbolic provision that would limit the ability of terrorism victims to sue for punitive damages.
In Greece the two general agreements signed since 2010, the first without support from the main private sector employers' federation, are rather symbolic and contain no provisions on (minimum) wages.
"In some ways the revolving door provisions are somewhat symbolic," said Jessica Levinson, professor of election law at Loyola University in Los Angeles and an expert on political ethics.
Provision of commercial information [informative and symbolic] 9.
The law "impermissibly burdens their First Amendment rights of symbolic speech under the United States Constitution and the free speech provision of the New York State Constitution," lawyers for the women wrote, asking for the charges to be dismissed.
As a provision of the Contract with America, the law was symbolic of the new Republican majority's goal to remove some of the entitlements enjoyed by Congress.
Ms. Marchione, a member of the National Rifle Association, has proposed the repeal of many provisions in the bill, but her effort is mostly symbolic.
There seems to be growing momentum for a plan to change the estate tax provision and send the bill back to the Senate, in a symbolic, if temporary, display of resistance.
In a recent Deal Professor column, Steven Davidoff Solomon gives the Federal Reserve a symbolic "F" for failing to justify its recommendation that Congress repeal existing statutory provisions allowing big Wall Street banks to run in-house private equity funds.
However, as many observers were quick to point out, the commitment to an ever closer union is more of a symbolic commitment anyway and derives its legal importance mainly from its relevance to the interpretation of other Treaty provisions.
