Sentence examples for historically encouraging from inspiring English sources

Historically, encouraging lighter sentences for drug offenders has been an unpopular move.

The lack of rigid party structure has historically encouraged bipartisanship between Republican and Democratic members of Congress.

One of the things that the positive-thinking movement has historically encouraged is an attitude of focus, determination and orderly priorities.

On the other side, he said Fannie and Freddie "will no longer be managed with a strategy to maximize common shareholder returns, a strategy which historically encouraged risk-taking".

(Department Commissioner) Heiligenstein said those subsidies have historically encouraged families to adopt".

Trade and investment agreements have historically encouraged foreign investment by awarding vast privileges to investors and corporations.

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They have stressed that many people can and want to participate and do more for themselves in relation to their health and care than health services have historically encouraged (Coulter 2011).

His wife, Sandy, chimed in: "Our country has been bad, historically, in encouraging them to come in, for their labor".

Add to this the estimated thousands of people in the UK who don't even know they're donor conceived (historically, clinics encouraged parents to keep it secret) and you start to see a disturbing picture.

Perseverance in the face of adversity has long been viewed as one of the central lessons of sports, and "playing with pain" has historically been encouraged.