Example sentences of "powers [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 | 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 ] . |