Sentence examples for exercise in policy from inspiring English sources

This study was a useful exercise in policy change that provided support for the feasibility of district level bans and underpinned the later countrywide ban of these two pesticides in 2008.

Thus, the constitutive power of discourse is exercised in policy texts and interpretations of policy.

Third was the likely perception on the part of some Taiwan voters that this was a tactical device on the part of the DPP to mobilize turnout, not a serious exercise in public policy.

In the Wisconsin case, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, James Bopp Jr., said the ban prevented the group from exercising influence in policy at the only time it makes sense to do so -- when the Senate may be considering votes on other judicial nominees.

The power of state governments over state-level health reforms, attributed to the prevailing federal system of government that allows states (federating units) to deliberate on certain federal government policies such as the NHIS, was exercised in the policy appraisal process and shaped its outcome.

Compared with these naked exercises in industrial policy, some of the Chinese infractions that have most exercised the W.T.O.

Pakistan's failure to find bin Laden and to prevent America's violation of its borders on May 1st "was rooted in political irresponsibility and military exercise of authority and influence in policy," the commission wrote, for which the Army "had neither constitutional or legal authority, nor the necessary expertise and competence".

Characteristics of the included studies, including the setting, method of decision-making used, and the result of the exercise (e.g., a change in policy, a list of priorities, etc)., are presented in Table  1.

He began to think of diplomacy as an exercise in seduction and foreign policy as the sum of his relations with friends such as George Bush, Vladimir Putin, Muammar Gaddafi, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and, possibly, Tony Blair.

The evaluation found, however, that UNICEF no longer seems able to exercise the same level of influence in policy analysis and system strengthening.

He added, however, that her nomination would be unlikely to shake financial markets because she already exercises considerable influence, so any shift in policy would most likely be modest.