Sentence examples for adapting a policy from inspiring English sources

The government is adapting a policy that it has used with other businesses, but it is one that misunderstands the incentives for news organizations.

Indeed, a Taiwan government poll puts support for speedy reunification at just 1%; only 14% of Taiwanese appear to support "eventual reunification".This summer, a conference of Taiwan "experts" was convened on the mainland to consider the possibilities of adapting a policy towards the island that had remained largely unchanged since 1986—when the KMT was the sole, dictatorial, party.

Robust optimization helps in specifying appropriate conditions for adapting a policy, by identifying conditions that produce satisfactory results across a large ensemble of scenarios.

This approach results in the identification of multiple alternative conditions under which to adapt a policy, rather than a single set of conditions.

(2) A policy document mentioning a contextual development or event as a reason to adapt a policy or a scenario ('Event x raised awareness that a new scenario/approach is needed.').

When the National Education Association held its membership conference over Independence Day weekend, it made headlines for endorsing Barack Obama early; for a speech Joe Biden gave about keeping the union-supporting "family" in tact; and adapting a teacher evaluation policy that would -- barring a few caveats -- take into account student performance on standardized tests.

We adapted an existing alcohol policy appraisal model - the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model - which has been used to evaluate pricing policies in England and Scotland [ 12- 14] and screening and brief intervention policies in England [ 15].

At this point, policy makers decide whether to continue, adapt or terminate a policy or programme based on the recommendations of researchers or their own interpretations of research findings.

While a national mandate, provinces have a fair degree of autonomy in adopting and adapting national policy, especially if they are required to mobilise the funding for implementation.

Whether Quebec's Charter of Values is a maladroit move to deal with the province's religious diversity or a politically calculated coup, it nevertheless puts forward a central issue faced by today's pluralist societies: adapting its policies to a transformative social identity.

"I'm certain we have now adapted all policies we can think of to meet the 2 percent price target," he said.