Sentence examples for abandoning measures from inspiring English sources

And he has been hammered by good-government groups for abandoning measures that would overhaul the state's campaign finance laws.

The government has not abandoned measures aimed at curbing problem drinking and smoking despite their absence from the Queen's speech, the health secretary has insisted.

Despite pleas from Judge Kaye, the late Cardinal John J. O'Connor and many Republicans, including some sponsors of the original legislation, the Legislature has abandoned measures to amend the state's drug sentencing laws.

She was a creature of control and abandon, measuring her gestures as carefully as she hit her notes, but also letting the music move her.

"But the announcement of continued bombing prevents me from abandoning the measures I started in the name of the Puerto Rican people".

And completely abandoning the measure would be wrong too.

"Los Alamos had largely abandoned security measures intended to track individuals' access" to classified documents.

The music industry will not abandon legal measures against piracy altogether.

The action is part of a campaign to force member countries to abandon protectionist measures that prevent cross-border investment.

Companies like Sony and Adobe do not want to abandon anticopying measures, fearing that piracy of books would run rampant.

"It's very easy to abandon austerity measures because they are painful things to do," said Otis Casey, the head of fixed-income research at Markit.