Sentence examples for Initiate reform from inspiring English sources

Romney has no incentive to initiate reform — he is a major beneficiary of the system as it is.

He could not initiate reform measures in the church, and the longer he waited, the stronger the Protestant revolt grew.

However, after failed attempts to initiate reform, it quit the scheme in 2011, saying consumers could still not be sure where their diamonds come from, or whether they were financing armed violence or abusive regimes.

He claims that he had to focus on the crisis in the euro zone, but the more likely reason for his reluctance to initiate reform was the unpopularity of an increase in the pension age introduced last year.

The British government claimed it was helping to initiate reform in Bahrain by sending £2.1m in taxpayers' money to a police watchdog, which has been accused of failing to investigate torture claims.

"King Abdullah is trying to initiate reform in a subtle way, by finding the right balance between going too fast or too slow.

The Poles had a keen desire to initiate reforms on their own.

What we've said is to states, we'll give you more money if you initiate reforms.

If not personally responsible for the turnaround, Mr. Putin did initiate reforms designed to sustain it over the long haul.

After 1942 the Commonwealth alone levied income tax; this limited the state's opportunities to initiate reforms.

there" -- because it gives local leaders political cover to initiate reforms that are needed if the economy is to be made rational.