Sentence examples for attempt to water from inspiring English sources

However, any attempt to water down this core principle of the bloc would be fiercely resisted by the European commission.

"This request is not an attempt to water down, disavow or walk away from any of the important provisions" of Mr. Bloomberg's proposal, Mr. Oddo's letter said.

The Bush White House so totally regarded senators as potted plants that it was a wonder that senior aides didn't attempt to water them.

The delay drew a swift rebuke from Mr. Giuliani, who said he strongly opposed "any attempt to water down the provisions of this bill".

Arizonans saw off an attempt to water down laws punishing businessmen for employing illegal immigrants.There is a lesson in all this for the next president.

We are unlikely to get much more out of him than coded messages but any attempt to water down the party's historic commitment to PR is unlikely to be accepted by the grassroots without a major fight.

WWF said ministers should strongly resist any attempts to water down the phase-out.

She added that Which? would fight any attempts to water down the legislation.

He later attempted to water down these remarks, indicating that Cyprus was a unique case.

We should be proud of them and resist attempts to water them down.

We know the Lib Dems acted as a brake on Osborne's attempts to water down environmental policies.