Sentence examples for was enacted before from inspiring English sources

The A.C.L.U. said that the half-pay policy was enacted before "don't ask, don't tell" was passed, and so was not changed when that law was repealed.

According to industry data, total premiums in California nearly tripled in the first dozen years after the law was enacted before stabilizing in the late 1980's.

Also, every time you install Linux, Linus gets a Finnish penni (although that law was enacted before the Finnish introduction of the Euro so now he has a few warehouse-fulls of useless currency).

Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist at environmental nonprofit Oceana in Washington, D.C., whose group lobbied for the closure, says that NOAA's action "epitomizes a shift in perspective," as the protection was enacted before any real damage was done.

"It's a Daumier," she whispered, of the tableau being enacted before them.

And when there are, we apparently hesitate to punish the patriarchy being enacted before our eyes.

The same folly is being enacted before our eyes by David Blunkett.

Olympic leaders hope the changes will be enacted before the 2004 Summer Games in Athens.

The legislation's prospects in the Senate are uncertain, and no measure is likely to be enacted before summer.

The government expects the law to be enacted before the Dáil breaks for summer on 18 July.

Although nothing was settled Wednesday, Torre said he was optimistic that some sort of change could be enacted before the start of next season.