Sentence examples for has approved significant from inspiring English sources
In the last year, the commission has approved significant changes in the governance of the New York Stock Exchange, including making the board more independent from Wall Street, insulating the Big Board's regulatory apparatus from its business operations and requiring the exchange to split the jobs of its chairman and its chief executive.
This is the first time that the European Commission has approved significant state aid for a new nuclear power plant - and as such, it is a big step forward for the European nuclear industry.
The Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, has approved significant financial assistance.
Today's surprising vote on the legislation sponsored by Senator John McCain is the first since 1993 in which the Senate has approved a significant tightening of campaign finance laws.
President Bush has approved "a significant reduction" in the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the cold war, the White House said Tuesday.
Mike Hussey has approved the first significant decision of Australia's new coach, Darren Lehmann, to restore Shane Watson to the top of the batting order for their first Ashes warm-up match against Somerset in Taunton.
The FDA has approved clinical use of a significant number of anticancer drug products in the nanometer size range including the applications in Table 3.
Most significant, the state has approved two groundbreaking programs to lower drug prices for the elderly and the uninsured, measures fought hard by the industry.
The state's Siting Board has approved six major projects -- either new plants or significant expansions of existing plants -- that, combined, would increase supply by 3,700 megawatts.
Although Congress has approved occasional cost-of-living increases, federal judges have not had a significant raise in nearly two decades.
ruling was significant because it represents the first time the trade body has approved a sanction that invalidates intellectual property protections.
