Adjective : a provisional government. From Dictionary.com.
The preamble of this law, standing as it now stands, has the lie direct given to it by the provisionary part of the act: if that can be called provisionary which makes no provision. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A provisionary police officer located a weapon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2008] Reference
And with that, they gave him a provisionary guardianship -- a provisionary. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2009] Reference
Given this tendency, atomic rest is either provisionary or else an illusion. From Wordnik.com. [Pierre Gassendi] Reference
We fashioned a provisionary umbilical cord out of rubber hose, horse hair, and lower intestines. From Wordnik.com. [Fiction with Teratoma Preserves] Reference
At three o'clock the imperial dynasty was proclaimed as at an end, and a provisionary government installed. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
Viewpoints based on reason are to most people provisionary and not as strongly held as those based on faith. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Up for Science this Tuesday - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Still, in December Proximo ended the provisionary contract altogether because the company couldn't afford it anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Small Businesses Cut Costs by Renegotiation] Reference
In addition, the EU approvals are provisionary so it is easy to cancel, but after years of fighting over Avandia the FDA took a different tack. From Wordnik.com. [Gary Liberson, PhD: Doctors Silent on Risks] Reference
The frightful procession of the slaughtered went slowly toward the city to the hospitals, but the carriages sometimes stopped, only a hundred steps from the position occupied by the National Guards, before a house where a provisionary hospital had been established, and left their least transportable ones there. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And with that, they gave him a provisionary guardianship. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
Opposition claim they have set up a provisionary government. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Ousted Kyrgyzstan leader Bakiyev 'leaves Kazakhstan'] Reference
All policies are provisionary: we'll try this and see how it works. From Wordnik.com. [Madville Times] Reference
New Jersey is the first state to mandate visual identification of provisionary drivers. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
As provisionary and military votes have yet to be counted by the Lowndes County Board of. From Wordnik.com. [Valdosta Daily Times Homepage] Reference
For those who registered in August, pls. present your provisionary receipt when claiming your race packet & singlet. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull Runner] Reference
Message from the king of Scotland to Henry, demanding reparation of injuries, with a provisionary declaration of war. —. From Wordnik.com. [The life and administration of Cardinal Wolsey] Reference
As the NBU said in a letter to banks, independent expert Viktor Myronenko has been appointed provisionary administrator at Rodovid Bank. From Wordnik.com. [News on www.kyivpost.com] Reference
Mrs Fanshawe hitched herself into her corner, planted her feet more firmly on the provisionary footstool, and folded her hands on her knee. From Wordnik.com. [The Independence of Claire] Reference
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on March 16 introduced a provisionary administration at Kyiv-based Rodovid Bank, the bank's press service reported on Monday. From Wordnik.com. [News on www.kyivpost.com] Reference
Ossetian provisionary administration, has applied to the members of the OSCE observer mission to assist the population of five villages in the Patara Liakhvi valley. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Merkel: Kazakhstan to host first OSCE summit since 1999] Reference
The introduction of provisionary administration is a precondition for the state's participation, jointly with Istil Group, in the additional capitalization of Rodovid Bank. From Wordnik.com. [News on www.kyivpost.com] Reference
My mother it appears declines rapidly: her death is even feared, and should it happen, I cannot pretend to insist on the obstacles which her maternal cares and provisionary fears have raised. From Wordnik.com. [Anna St. Ives] Reference
Wienckowski made two visits to the center before granting the provisionary license, and the day care met the more than 100 health, safety, staff and space requirements, according to her visit notes. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND] Reference
The revolutionary organization has hitherto been simply a military provisionary power, and no definitive constitution of government has yet been established in New Granada in place of that organized by the constitution of 1858. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863] Reference
Meanwhile, back at the U.N. President Taylor meets with assassinated President Hassan's widow Dalia, and she presents a plan to keep the IRK in the peace process by getting the IRK government to install her as its provisionary leader. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
The assembly of the provisionary representatives of the United Provinces acknowledges the rights of man and the sovereignty of the people, dismisses the states-general, abolishes the office of stadtholder, suppresses the regency of the Hague, and appoints a new committee of the India company. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death] Reference
There was a Greek husbandman there who (not for emolument, but for the sake of the protection and dignity which it afforded) had got leave from the man at Limasol to hoist his flag as a sort of deputy-provisionary-sub-vice-pro-acting-consul of the British sovereign: the poor fellow instantly changed his Greek headgear for the cap of consular dignity, and insisted upon accompanying me to the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East] Reference
11.07.08 14: 15 Dmitri Sanakoev, who chairs the South Ossetian provisionary administration, has applied to the members of the OSCE observer mission to assist the population of five villages in the Patara Liakhvi valley. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Merkel: Kazakhstan to host first OSCE summit since 1999] Reference
In order to insure even greater regularity, have the kindness to draw up, to cover the interval that will elapse before I make my final definite donation, a provisionary document, setting forth the engagement that I have undertaken to carry out. ". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"From March 16, 2009, NBU introduced a provisionary administration at OJSC Rodovid Bank. From Wordnik.com. [News on www.kyivpost.com] Reference
A provisionary. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
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