Sentence examples for amended something from inspiring English sources

There was some debate in the House of Lords, with questions and amendments covering Section 1, but the bill was not substantially amended, something North puts down to the quality of the draft prepared by the Law Commission.

"You can't amend something that doesn't exist," he said.

"You simply can't amend something that is not built on a solid foundation and this budget is built on the sand and it will collapse and it won't deliver".

But it's a lot of work to amend something that everyone has come to believe.

You may need to start something new or amend something current.

If you want to amend something, you could write: "Article 1 shall be amended to state [State your present and foreseen needs and desires that need to be changed - for example, changing the name(s) of beneficiary(ies) and/or the executor of the will.]".

This latter was crossed out, amended to something a shade less brazen, but I'm using it as a stick to beat him with.

Lieberman's apparently successful attempt to hijack health care reform and hold it hostage until it had been amended into something that liberals couldn't stomach has mesmerized the nation's political class.

Perhaps if enough Americans who can't handle the financial burden break the law and don't sign up, we can get it amended to something simpler and truly affordable, like the single-payer, free-choice system Ralph Nader, Bernie Sanders, and even Colin Powell support.

A criminal is considered truly remorseful only if they accept responsibility for their offense and offer to make amends—something southerners were not more likely to exhibit.

It should therefore be a definition which has overwhelming support, not something amended because of a vocal minority.