Sentence examples for unprecedented rule from inspiring English sources

The unprecedented rule change no longer requires Supreme Court nominees to get a 60-vote majority to be confirmed. .

But contrary to the autocratic Gulf, which so far has largely been able to ring-fence itself against the wave of popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, few predict upheaval in Turkey, a traditionally politically unstable country that is witnessing a decade of stability and near unprecedented rule by one party that has gone from one electoral victory to another.

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, frustrated by a dysfunctional and unpopular Congress that has been unable to perform basic tasks such as agreeing on a federal budget, may soon seek an unprecedented rules change in the Senate.

The SNP, which looks set to take nearly every constituency in Scotland in an unprecedented landslide, has ruled out a deal with the Conservatives under any circumstances.

The Association of National Advertisers called the rules "unprecedented, misguided and extremely harmful".

Catholic bishops had called the rule "an unprecedented attack on religious liberty".

He described conservative intransigence, in the face of critical national problems that were the legacy of Republican rule, as "unprecedented soullessness".

The protests have posed an unprecedented challenge to the rule of Mr. Assad, who has clearly been shaken by the upheavals that have felled longstanding governments in Tunisia and Egypt and are threatening those in Yemen, Bahrain and Libya.

The European Union has now launched an unprecedented probe into the rule of law in Poland, after the new government put through bills curtailing the independence of the judiciary, media and civil service.

Long conservative rule and unprecedented economic growth has encouraged national pride in Japan's unique position in Asia and has led to a re-emergence of traditions rather than encouraging a process of coming to terms with Japan's past.

The protests were unprecedented in Erdogan's rule, which began in 2002 with the election of his AK Party.