Sentence examples for lifting of limits from inspiring English sources

They relish their country's growing military clout and economic sophistication.They did, however, like the concessions Mr Obama brought, such as a partial lifting of limits on high-tech American exports.

The players should be undeterred by a lockout and should ask for not only a better share of basketball-related income but also the elimination of the salary cap and the rookie-salary scale, as well as the lifting of limits on contract lengths.

The president called Mr. McDonough "one of my closest friends" and an "indispensable member of my national security team" who was central to every major foreign policy decision of the past four years, including the troop withdrawal from Iraq, the response to the earthquake in Haiti and the lifting of limits on service in the military by openly gay people.

This is one of the issues that has fuelled the tea party and it is not going to go away.Karl Sutterfield DenverSIR – Your leader calling for the lifting of limits on skilled immigrants to Britain ("Scrap the cap", November 20th) ignored some of the main reasons to keep such restrictions.

Council Speaker Peter Vallone, who opposes the lifting of term limits at this late date, should press more forcefully to stop this bill now.

The introduction of airline-style seat pricing would result in the lifting of caps – limits on annual increases in prices – on certain fares such as off-peak return tickets on long distance journeys and anytime tickets around major cities.

They have vowed to pressure Mr. Silver to kill both the extension and the lifting of term limits, which some of them said would imply that somehow a Puerto Rican mayor would not be competent enough to do the job.

But despite calls for an extension of his term beyond Dec. 31 or the lifting of term limits so he can run again, a mayoral primary election is scheduled for Tuesday.

He was chairman of the Finance Committee of the City Council from 2002 to 2009, and cites as points of pride the eight balanced budgets passed during that period, as well as his opposition to the temporary lifting of term limits.

In a preview of what is most likely going to be a major topic in the Democratic mayoral debates, Mr. Spitzer accused Mr. Stringer of "subverting democracy" by supporting the lifting of term limits that allowed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to run for a third term.

Later, after Mr. Spitzer attacked Mr. Stringer for supporting the lifting of term limits, which allowed Mr. Bloomberg to run for a third term, Mr. Stringer said that he had campaigned with Mr. Bloomberg's Democratic opponent, William C. Thompson Jr., and noted that Mr. Spitzer had not played a role in the 2009 mayoral election.