Sentence examples for amendments toward from inspiring English sources
A lengthy section followed in which Lincoln outlined a plan for gradual emancipation, and asked for Constitutional amendments toward that end (a plan that bore little resemblance to the military emancipation he would proclaim in less than a month's time).
To impede progress of the amendment toward increased access to safe abortion care in India would be unfortunate, especially when considering the existing body of evidence on alternate providers in abortion care, both in India and in other low-, middle- as well as high-income countries (9).
In an interview, Mr. Falk said that "the concern of civil libertarians was that the court had appeared to be drifting away" from that view of the Fourth Amendment and toward a general balancing of law enforcement needs and personal privacy concerns.
The Swedish amendments go a long way toward accommodating critics of the bill.
A series of amendments to MARPOL have worked toward establishing a worldwide tanker fleet in which all but the smallest ships have double hulls or some suitable equivalent.
"Senator McCain's amendments are a key step toward the restoration of the military's traditional prohibition against torture and inhumane treatment," said Leonard S. Rubenstein, executive director of Physicians for Human Rights.
If there is to be a durable solution, President Mohamed Morsi will have to take the lead in steering Egypt out of the chaos he did so much to create and toward compromise, including amendments to constitutional provisions many Egyptians find objectionable.
Two citizen-backed constitutional amendments are heading down the road toward becoming laws.
Whereas in days past, lawmakers could earmark, meaning they tacked amendments onto bills that directed money toward provincial projects, today that practice is banned.
Figure out what kind of soil you have and try to move it more toward neutral by adding amendments.
But it's clearly a move away from the constitutional amendment, rather than toward it".
