Sentence examples for has worked to devise from inspiring English sources

By comparison, in Illinois, which has worked to devise a more effective law after a series of rampage shootings, 3,699 people who applied for a gun card -- the first step in buying a handgun there -- were turned down from 1996 to 1998 when records showed they were either voluntarily or involuntarily committed to a mental hospital in the previous five years, an Illinois police official said.

The city has been working to devise a new reporting system, which is supposed to be in place this fall, education officials said, and could allow the city to collect an additional $117 million in reimbursements next year.

A government-appointed commissioner, Enrico Bondi, a leading Italian specialist in corporate turnarounds, has been working to devise a strategy to salvage some of the company's assets, which range from companies that make and distribute dairy products, fruit juices, baked goods and other food items.

OTP executives say they are doing all they can to help customers repay their debts, and the association says OTP has been cooperative in working to devise solutions.

Aetna officials said they were surprised at the reaction and that they had worked hard to devise a settlement that eased concerns doctors had raised about managed care.

My special adviser on Haiti, the Oxford University development economist Paul Collier, has worked with the government to devise a strategy.

Other researchers have worked for decades to devise catalysts and the right reaction conditions to carry out this conversion.

Ellmers said getting Republicans to agree on one plan is like "herding cats" but that ultimately the party will examine "what has worked and what hasn't worked" about Obamacare to devise a solution.

It is a scheme that has worked before, but the Eagles have had nine months to devise a countertactic.

This cure was devised by Robert Silman, a New York structural engineer who, to date, has worked on seven crumbling Wright houses.

Mr. Silva said the agency had worked with the company to try to devise a mining plan that would meet federal law, but that a year of discussions had failed to reach an agreement.