Example sentences of "[to-vb] by decree " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gorbachev may well use his powers to rule by decree to push the reform through . |
| 2 | The powers allow it to rule by decree and declare a state of war . |
| 3 | Yeltsin supporters , who formed a ‘ creative coalition ’ within the chamber , have ensured that the emergency powers to rule by decree for a year , which Congress bestowed on the President last autumn , remain wholly intact . |
| 4 | On Wednesday , deputies meekly passed a declaration confirming the Russian president 's powers to rule by decree , appoint ministers himself until December and push through market reforms . |
| 5 | Article 38 permits the government to rule by decree . |
| 6 | This is in addition to the powers to rule by decree as a result of the circumscription of parliament 's areas of competence ( Article 34 ) . |
| 7 | In the face of growing crisis , Gorbachev tried to get more and more power transferred to himself in order to rule by decree . |
| 8 | He was given extensive powers , including the right to appoint the government , to rule by decree as necessary , and to declare war . |
| 9 | On Sept. 2 Poland 's Solidarity-dominated Cabinet proposed legislation to give the government power to rule by decree until after the Oct. 27 elections , bypassing parliament on economic and other policy areas , except human rights and fundamental state institutions . |
| 10 | Sept. 24 : the Congress of People 's Deputies voted Gorbachev emergency powers to rule by decree [ see pp. 37721-22 ] . |
| 11 | The National Assembly also voted to allow President André Kolingba to rule by decree until a new multiparty legislature was elected . |
| 12 | The Tsar retained the power to veto all legislation and should an emergency arise while the Duma was not in session , Article 87 of the Fundamental Laws enabled him to legislate by decree . |
| 13 | The Congress repeatedly defeated government attempts to end monthly indexation of wages to price rises ( officially suspended by decree in June — see p. 37651 ) , forcing the government in February 1991 to introduce by decree a wage and price freeze as part of an austerity package to control inflation [ see p. 38002 ] . |