It can be for getting a leader, passing a law, and other things.

He controls the economy without so much as passing a law.

You can't delay the start of fertility by passing a law.

Passing a law, even the best possible law, is only a first step.

Nor, they point out, would there be anything to prevent Congress from passing a law requiring the use of such systems.

Altering those statistics takes more than just passing a law.

But passing a law can be easier than enforcing it, town officials soon found out.

But officials say other than long-term monitoring there is little left for Iraq to do on the nuclear issue beyond passing a law.

"But passing a law provides a national mandate for schools and libraries."

Certainly there is still discrimination - but you can't kill prejudice by passing a law.

Congress can't change the Constitution by passing a law.

Passing a law against abortions will not stop them.

"A problem like doping is never solved only by passing a law."

Simply passing a law to protect stones, as the writer said one town did, is just not sufficient.

They were building a tool, they say, not passing a law.

And now the government has almost fallen for passing a law to give these scammers even more power.

"By passing a law, government has sanctioned this life style.

Big difference between passing a law and getting appropriations to carry it out, isn't there?"

Chinese officials have debated the merits of passing a law on Taiwan for many years.

Finally, for all their threats, neither side has succeeded in passing a law the other opposes.

That information helped in passing a law allowing more tax breaks for horse farms.

"I'll have to speak to the King about passing a law against women like you," he murmured, looking down at her unresponsive face.

Texas is so far the only state to have moved so close to passing a law against the new accounting rule.

Instead of passing a law, Florida is allowing other pressures to encourage recycling.

He played an integral role in passing a law which gave non-profit organizations legal personality.