Sentence examples for were decrees from inspiring English sources

As word got out, groups of people arrived in a steady stream to withdraw money, but not before expressing anxiety over what they said were decrees from Brussels and Berlin that would have implications far beyond Cyprus's shores.

Days of prayer, fasting, and humiliation were decreed.

New taxes were decreed and state monopolies on salt, iron, and wine were instituted.

"A lot of really remote uninhabited islands were decreed national monuments in the last few years," Dr. Baum said.

The new voting rules were decreed by the emir using emergency powers six weeks before December's elections.

The new powers were decreed under the state of emergency that Mr. Uribe enacted after taking office in August.

Thirteen items were decreed necessary for the tabernacle.

The sentence has been decreed.

And it was what had been decreed.

Death was decreed for this Steppenwolf".

So the punishment has already been decreed.