Sentence examples for efforts to adopt from inspiring English sources

But efforts to adopt new rules have met with strong resistance.

At the July 25 meeting, officials explained the efforts to adopt the waterfront revitalization plan.

Senate Republican leaders and White House officials fought efforts to adopt a so-called pay-as-you-go rule.

Nevertheless, he offered a ringing defense of free markets in a speech in New York on Thursday, warning against efforts to adopt a latticework of regulations.

They have also started efforts to "adopt" families of victims of suicide bombings and have encouraged the buying of Israeli products on Web sites.

Russia and China, which had used their vetoes on the council to block efforts to adopt a resolution on the Syrian conflict, agreed to the statement.

Faced with a seemingly endless process, scores of prospective parents quietly abandoned their efforts to adopt the children they once considered their own, officials say.

All the same, some of those donors are increasingly backing the private sector in its efforts to adopt a market-based approach.

Over the last decade or so, some companies have made sporadic efforts to adopt workplace wellness programs, some of which had incentives of various sorts attached.

The Security Council abandoned efforts to adopt a statement on the crisis in Gaza after Libya and the United States were unable to agree on the wording.

He also said the United States should not allow concerns about border security to derail efforts to adopt new measures to allow millions of additional Mexicans to become guest workers in the United States.