Sentence examples for approved significant from inspiring English sources

Responding to one of the voters' top grievances, Parliament last week approved significant cuts in the pay of government ministers, whose salaries are among the highest in the world.

In the last year, the commission has approved significant changes in the governance of the New York Stock Exchange, including making the board more independent from Wall Street, insulating the Big Board's regulatory apparatus from its business operations and requiring the exchange to split the jobs of its chairman and its chief executive.

This is the first time that the European Commission has approved significant state aid for a new nuclear power plant - and as such, it is a big step forward for the European nuclear industry.

The Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, has approved significant financial assistance.

Hargeisa/Garowe, 23 May 2013-The Global Partnership for Education, the only multilateral partnership devoted to getting all children in school to receive a good quality education, had just approved significant grants which will provide a major boost to efforts to get more children in Puntland and Somaliland into the classroom.

Major new funding for teachers' salaries in Puntland and Somaliland 23 May 2013-The Global Partnership for Education had just approved significant grants which will provide a major boost to efforts to get more children in Puntland and Somaliland into the classroom.

Also giving evidence on Monday will be former Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons and Marcus Agius, the former chairman of the BBC Executive Board Remuneration Committee which was responsible for approving significant payoffs.

In any case, it is doubtful Senate Democrats and the president will approve significant reductions in spending.

More recently, a Chinese version of Alan Greenspan's "Age of Turbulence" was shelved after he refused to approve significant changes to the book.

A one-two punch of back-to-back fare hikes and reduced service seems likely if New York's elected leaders don't approve significant new subsidies or a solid revenue-generating plan.

If confirmed, Mr. Verrilli would have the power to approve significant briefs filed by the government in ideologically charged legal appeals, like lawsuits challenging the ban on federal recognition of same-sex marriages.