Example sentences of "[noun pl] to rule by [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Gorbachev may well use his powers to rule by decree to push the reform through .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 ) .
5 Sept. 24 : the Congress of People 's Deputies voted Gorbachev emergency powers to rule by decree [ see pp. 37721-22 ] .
6 The claims by the Stuart kings to rule by prerogative were resolved by the Bill of Rights 1689 .
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