Sentence examples for active role in aiding from inspiring English sources

As a major landlord, the hospital has taken an unusually active role in aiding the community through its Mosholu Preservation Corporation, which was founded in 1981 when "there was fear among our employees," said Dart Westphal, its president.

Last year, despite party leaders' entreaties, it took an active role in aiding the antiwar candidacy of Ned Lamont, who was trying to unseat Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, then a Democrat supporting the war effort.

The active American role in aiding and abetting Allende's downfall has been airbrushed out of their version of history.

Women play an active role in Rwandan politics, aided in part by the constitutional requirement that at least 30 percent of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies be reserved for women.

One advantage that the short form has over total elimination is that it keeps parents involved in the process and serves, for them, as an acknowledgment of their active role in seeking financial aid.

They are also taking an active role in providing financial aid to developing countries and have been major contributors of emergency relief to areas affected by conflict or natural disasters.

To help patients take a more active role in important clinical decisions, decision aids based on latest research evidence are being developed by several centres (for example the Ottawa Health Decision Center in Canada and the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making in the USA).

During her tenure at the WTO, she played an active role in launching the WTO's Aid for Trade initiative and served as Mr. Lamy's representative at the G-20.

She took an active role in promoting the Girl Guide movement, the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), the Land Girls and in 1918, she took a nursing course and went to work at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Mr. O'Neill played an active role in arranging the terms of the fund's latest aid package, reflecting the importance of Turkey as a sizable emerging market and a strategic ally that is a member of NATO.

At the same time, the United States government has encouraged large numbers of Christian aid organizations to take an active role in rebuilding the infrastructures of Iraq and Afghanistan in the wake of the two wars, giving ammunition to those who seek to portray the occupation of those countries as a second Crusade of Christians against Muslims.