Sentence examples for amended to recognize from inspiring English sources

In 1995 the Finnish constitution was amended to recognize the status of the Sami as an indigenous people and their right to maintain and develop their own language and culture.

A change to a general health law in Mexico was enacted at the beginning of 2012, Article 224; the law was amended to recognize both orphan diseases and the orphan drugs to treat them.

The name Ministry of Women's Affairs was amended to be Ministry of Women and Child Development as a result of the government recognizing the importance of children being treated as a separate entity.

Jimenez also recognized that the immigration reform bill being crafted in the House could include — or it could be amended to include — a provision that would add an age cap to the DREAM Act.

The figure legends have been amended to include this information.

Both references have been amended to avoid confusion.

The Methods have been amended to address these questions.

The revised text was amended to reflect the new data.

The text was amended to address these issues.

On Nov. 13, David Poland, a blogger for the Web site Movie City News, reported that Mr. Raddon's name had appeared on a list of donors supporting Proposition 8, which amended the state Constitution to recognize only male-female marriages.

In 2008, after the passage of Prop 8, the California ballot initiative that amended the state constitution to recognize only marriages between men and women, I took to the streets.