| However, much more paradoxical edicts were issued under the totalitarian regime. |
| In practice, dictionaries take a middle course between wholehearted descriptivism and prescriptive edicts. |
| Ashoka is famous for the edicts he ordered to be carved on rocks and pillars throughout his kingdom. |
| Although government clerics often issue edicts against terror, the bulk of the government's effort has been security-related. |
| Clerics issued religious edicts against the British when they invaded Iraq during the First World War. |
| How skillfully the timetable must be worked out, and how unwaveringly its edicts must be carried through, adds up to the fine art of railroading. |
