Sentence examples for through the statute from inspiring English sources

They were far from certain exactly how to apply the law, and they said they were looking at retaining election law experts to help them wade through the statute.

Some old laws now seem to exist mainly to amuse those combing through the statute book for curiosities such as the ban on the use of "any slide upon ice or snow in any street or other thoroughfare".

Vowing that the coalition would end "the culture of spying on its citizens," Mr. Clegg said it would "tear through the statute book," scrapping a nationwide system of identity cards on which the Labour government spent huge sums, and abandoning a new generation of "biometric" passports that would hold a vastly expanded archive of personal data.

That is the reason why the statutory amendments were created and if you look through the statute, and taking respectful exception to the position of the attorney general, wherever you see tabulation, they're basically referring to machine or electromagnetic or however it's phrased kinds of review of returns, and not actual counting, which is referred to differently.

In today's speech to students at London's City and Islington College he said he wanted people to get involved in "our very own Great Reform Act": "As we tear through the statute book, we'll do something no government ever has: we will ask you which laws you think should go".

"Just go through the statute and work your way through it".

The result that we get when we work through the statutes and figure it all out may not be the one that we want".

"We're dictated what we do and what we're able to do through the legislature, through the statutes of the state".

It remains to be seen whether the private member's bill piloted by Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George will make it through to the statute book, but the vote means that the bill will now proceed to committee stage for further scrutiny, and potentially on to the Lords, keeping the issue high on the agenda for the next few months.

Contrary to the government's statement, Russia has never engaged with the court in any meaningful way and, in fact, has violated the prohibited crimes provisions of the Statute through its military actions in both Georgia and Ukraine.

As Culture Secretary, you have played a critical role in advancing Britain's proud record of respect and equality in piloting the Equal Marriage Act through Parliament and onto the Statute Book.