Sentence examples for would have authorised from inspiring English sources

On November 18th the Senate narrowly failed (59 votes to 41, 60 being required) to pass a bill that would have authorised its construction.

Six years later, in August 2013, parliament exercised its new right when MPs rejected a government motion that would have authorised military intervention in Syria's bloody civil war.

Because he recognised the political difficulty of such moves, Mr Ravitch also would have authorised the state to borrow several billion dollars per year, so that the reductions in spending could be enacted gradually rather than all at once.

He admitted that ministers had been wrong to blame French president Jacques Chirac for the breakdown of negotiations in the Security Council to agree a resolution which would have authorised the use of force.

On the other hand, Mr Hagel was an enthusiast for the 1999 campaign in Kosovo, even co-sponsoring a bill that would have authorised the use of American ground forces.

Since his election last May, he has overruled several of Mr Ecevit's decrees, including one that would have authorised his government to sack hundreds of civil servants deemed to be over-pious (ie, with Islamist political leanings) or over-sympathetic to the country's 12m or so Kurds.

"If he had been aware he wouldn't have authorised it, and he could certainly say for the future that it wouldn't happen again," Gillard said.

"If he [Obama] had been aware he wouldn't have authorised it, and he could certainly say for the future that it wouldn't happen again," she told CNN. "I think that that's an appropriate response from Australia to Indonesia at this very difficult time".

Nor would he have authorised their use during the student protests, he said.

Knowing what we know now, Megan Kelly of Fox News asked, would he have authorised the invasion of Iraq?

She said: "I would not have authorised these payments to a public official because they didn't pass the 'public interest' test".