Sentence examples for government scale from inspiring English sources

The nearby Dongzhang Reservoir, a water source for agriculture and more than 700,000 people, was recently rated level 5, near the bottom of the government scale, unfit for fish farming, swimming or even contact with the human body.

The program is one of a few around the country aimed at tailoring reentry to the unique needs of a traditionally brain injury-prone population as some states and localities (and for now, at least) the federal government scale back incarceration.

Most of the nurse respondents belonged to the 16 grade government scale (n = 256, 82.8 %).

But, last month, the government scaled back those accusations.

Chile Scales Back Bush Event The Chilean government scaled back a formal dinner with President Bush rather than let the Secret Service screen the invited guests for weapons.

In 2012 the Hong Kong government scaled back a plan it had to introduce "national education" to local schools after a student movement known as "scholarism" protested against it.

Largely in response to foreign criticism, the Orbán government scaled back a proposed media law that would have given Fidesz significant direct control over the press.

In 2007 two journalists from the Herald Sun, Gerard McManus and Michael Harvey, were convicted of contempt for failing to reveal their source for a story about the Howard government scaling back recommended benefits for war veterans.

A British bingo club owner, the Gala Group, ended a $1 billion joint venture with Harrah's Entertainment Inc. to build eight casinos in Britain after the government scaled back plans to deregulate the industry.

The government scaled back their proposal to a mere 46 square miles in 2013, arguing that, since the caribou spent most of their time in British Columbia, efforts to protect the species in Canada were adequate.

British Gas said the average bill would rise by £70, rather than £123, after the government scaled back a programme to help poor households cut their energy usage and said it would pay for another subsidy out of general taxation.