Sentence examples for technically in force from inspiring English sources

The African Union force is in the region patrolling a 2004 ceasefire between the government and rebel groups that is technically in force but openly being flouted.

The Treason Felony Act 1848 – which makes it a criminal offence, punishable by life imprisonment, to advocate abolition of the monarchy in print, even by peaceful means – remains technically in force, but has not been deployed in a prosecution since 1879.

In England and Wales, some sections of the statute are still technically in force, although the Statute Law Revision Act 1863, Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act 1883, Statute Law Revision Act 1948, Administration of Justice Act 1965 and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 repealed most of the legislation.

A 165-year-old law that threatens anyone calling for the abolition of the monarchy with life imprisonment is technically still in force – after the Ministry of Justice admitted wrongly announcing that it had been repealed.

This weekend marks the first anniversary of the rebellion against Kiev's pro-western rulers, and although a ceasefire, brokered by Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France, has technically been in force since mid-February, deaths are reported almost daily among Ukrainian soldiers, civilians and rebels.

Those laws are still technically in effect.

Should it be overturned and the 2015 rules restored, it's to their advantage to aPrior to have never today advantage of the situation.

But changing the give way rule – so often urged on France, where technically it is still in force – is nothing compared with changing which side of the road you drive on.

Technically, though I had entered it unwittingly, the agreement was already in force.

That remains in force".

Now it must form a more professional and technically adept force.