Sentence examples for encouraged prudence from inspiring English sources

The words on them encouraged prudence: Stay sober; respect people and property; keep the park clean.

A3 Call for Moderation on Taiwan The American ambassador to Beijing, Joseph Prueher, encouraged prudence from the United States, as China repeated threats against Taiwan.

Their money went to subsidise smoke-belching factories or white-elephant projects.Beyond BasleNow many countries, though far from all, are reining in their interventionist urges and paying more attention to rules that encourage prudence.

In years gone by City have freely spent money provided by their benefactor Stephen Lansdown, but the arrival of Financial Fair Play and the realisation that a wage bill of over £18m was unsustainable have meant cutbacks and Lansdown Junior's "five pillars", a blueprint to encourage prudence.

They implied they would encourage prudence, so that the sum of household, business and government debt would fall.

Supporters say this will preserve public support for the euro and encourage greater prudence down the road.

That is why regulators are now rethinking the rules on banks' capital ratios to encourage greater prudence during booms and cushion deleveraging during a bust.

"The Vallone proposal is increasing spending at a time when we are encouraging more prudence," said Charles Brecher, research director at the commission.

While the government's punish-the-shareholders plan should encourage shareholder prudence, it might also mean that the mere whiff of crisis sends equity holders to the exits, thereby producing actual crisis.

Such courses do little to encourage environmental prudence.

Jennifer Lane, a financial planner at Compass Planning Associates in Boston, said she recommends balanced funds because they really do encourage patience and prudence.