Example sentences of "be on [art] statute [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is clear : anti-insider dealing law is unenforceable ; an unenforceable law is a bad law ; bad law should not be on the statute books . |
| 2 | Once policies are on the statute books , there is reluctance to change them , or change is very slow and largely through non-statutory guidance . |
| 3 | In the case of Thailand , legislation has been on the statute books for at least twenty years , but its Constitution of October 1976 and Interim Constitution of November 1977 contain no mention of environmental protection at all , as also is the case of the Philippines ( Shane , in MacAndrews and Chia Lin Sien , eds. 1979 ) . |
| 4 | Thirdly , some of the legislation has been on the statute books for a considerable time , perhaps long after the original and primary intention of the law had been forgotten , e.g. the Vagrancy Acts of 1824 and 1838 . |
| 5 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |
| 6 | The royalty was first introduced in France in order to assist widows of artists who were killed in World War I. Although France and Germany are now the main countries where this royalty operates , it is on the statute books of another eight European countries within the EC at present ; only the UK , Ireland , the Netherlands and Greece do not have laws relating to a resale royalty . |