Sentence examples for was passed in principle from inspiring English sources
The proposal was passed in principle as part of a wider document entitled Refounding Labour, but the details have yet to be worked through, including whether an existing female deputy would have to stand down immediately if the party elected a female leader.
Soon after separation, Queensland's Primary Education Bill was passed in 1860, subordinating denominational schools and reinforcing the principle of common school development in Australia.
The four most important pieces of environmental legislation in the United States, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act were not passed to stifle economic development, but were passed in recognition of the simple business principle that prevention is cheaper than the cure.
They are passed in the same way as other pieces of legislation but are intended to serve as guiding principles of the state.
"Laws are passed in Tobruk.
In 1993 the Welsh Language Act was passed; it established in principle the equality of Welsh and English in Wales.
In 1809 a new constitution was passed by the Riksdag, containing the main principles of the 1766 law.
In 1985, a law was passed requiring all political parties to accept pancasila, a package of vague principles that Sukarno enunciated as the national ideology in 1945.
The principle text of the Lahore Resolution was passed on 24 March 1940.
This principle states that the energy burnt or dissipated by a sector of the economy is passed on, embodied in the product [55].
