Sentence examples for directives trying from inspiring English sources

With control of government still divided, and with time running out for the president to cement his legacy, the next few years will see much more of it.Already this year Mr Obama has issued a series of directives trying to strengthen the system of background checks on those who buy guns.

A recent EU directive tries to remedy this by setting the reclamation of materials above recycling in a "waste hierarchy" that will affect building sites.

The proposal for a directive tries to achieve a balance between the rights and the interests (which differ widely and are often in conflict) of rightholders, the multi-media entertainment industry and users.

In engineering, for example, factory managers often ignored wage directives to try to encourage workers into roles that had lost much of their attraction after basic wages were cut to match pay throughout an area.

In 2012, the Pentagon released a directive that tried to draw a line between semiautonomous and completely autonomous weapons.

The European Union's eco-labeling schemes and the United Kingdom's Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive have tried to integrate life cycle thinking with policy making.

France led the opposition to the notorious (in Paris) "Bolkestein" directive that tried unsuccessfully to free up EU trade in services (and enrich the continent).This is not a left-right issue.

A second directive would try to arm federal agencies with greater tools to enforce existing penalties for unfair trade practices.

Therefore, health-care professionals are now more directive and try to motivate patients to choose for DNA testing.

An earthbound Prime Directive for businesses trying to re-orient themselves might state: Don't mess with the environment and its biodiversity.

McCain thought the directive suggested that McConnell was trying to stifle the initiative.