Proviso in a sentence

In 1846, the Wilmot Proviso was introduced to a war appropriations bill to ban slavery in all territories acquired in the Mexican–American War ; the Proviso repeatedly passed the House, but not the Senate.

Last week three schools were closed, bottled water was distributed and pop-up water tanks were set up, but on the proviso that water had to be boiled before drinking.

The council authorised chief executive Jeremy Bath to negotiate with Arnaout on incorporating the car park site, and the stairway, into his project on the proviso he retain the 380 parking spots.

He was also required to lodge his passport, with the proviso that he could apply to the court for permission to travel overseas if necessary.

My home country, Denmark, has more opt-outs from the than any other member state, even after giving up one of them, its proviso on defence policy, in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

The minister said the Samoa Agreement provides a proviso that the country involved can issue a declaration clarifying some areas of cooperation.

The requirement was outlined in a proviso in the state budget setting conditions agencies have to meet as they spend state funds.

Boris Johnson’s coronavirus bill, which gives sweeping new powers to ministers, was with the proviso that MPs would vote every six months on whether it should be renewed.

But he cannot be ruled out just on that proviso.

Clippers Coach Doc Rivers recently suggested that Glenn Whittenberg, his former high school coach at Proviso East in Maywood, Ill., was likely “rolling over in his grave right now” in response to the amount of zone Rivers is using.

He said the review of the privatisation process was overdue since the provision in signed performance agreement stipulates five years with proviso of one year extension, which the DisCos activated.

Richard Curtis (of fame) liked the script and bought it, but on the proviso that Barth would not be named as the screenwriter.

While voicing some initial concerns, Nationals MPs say they agreed for the policy to be ticked off under the proviso their issues were addressed later in the process.

This is how it works: I ask around the office to see if anyone would like a free Shack lunch, with the proviso that they will pick up the food.

This will always be the case until courses can be adjusted dynamically to reflect the market but given that they are paid for on the proviso of set curricula, this is unlikely to happen any time soon.

Despite that proviso, economists said there is enough wiggle room in the decision allowing provinces to impose restrictions on the legal trade of cannabis.

I fully support George Christensen’s right to post that picture on his Facebook account; with one proviso: that he turn the gun in the opposite direction and pull the trigger – thereby making the world a much better place.

Raftopoulos’ proviso that a “partnership to prevent militaristic moves” was necessary in 2013 may be more apposite (and trickier) now than ever.

She settled for $7,000 with the proviso that she could leave the set at 5 p.m. so she could spend time with her young daughters, Mimi and Diane.

The most important implication of the free movement proviso is the introduction or re-introduction into libertarian theory of the concept of public space as distinct from privately owned exclusive space.