Sentence examples for modify to give from inspiring English sources

The Dodd proposal mirrors the House language, which some advocates had hoped to modify to give states more leeway to adopt stricter standards.

So the legislation was modified to give applicants some interim protection with a new status called "provisional rights".

The templelike New Orleans Museum of Art was, he said, "inspired by the Greek but sufficiently modified to give a subtropical appearance".

The debt sustainability criteria were modified (to give more countries more assistance), and the timetables for offering relief accelerated.

Floats were to be modified to give drivers better visibility, and police officers were to be assigned to cars and sound trucks to control spacing between the floats.

Floats are supposed to be modified to give drivers better visibility, and police officers will be assigned to cars and sound trucks to control spacing between the floats.

"The Patriot used in 1991 was designed to shoot down airplanes and modified to give it some kind of antimissile capability.

The causes of dementia are complex and it is important to explore risk factors that could be modified to give a lower risk of dementia.

These strands can be used as templates to lay down other materials, or can be chemically modified to give them useful electrical properties.Finally, there is the question of fixing nanoscale components together so that they can form actual machines.

In 2008, the legislation was modified to give judges discretion to decide whether to pass a sentence of imprisonment for public protection, and to restrict IPPs to cases where the offender would merit a sentence of at least four years in prison if he were not receiving an IPP.

Finally, the researchers discovered that peaks in snort-frequency provided information on an animal's dominance, and also the condition of its pelt.The unstated assumption is that these are all honest signals that is, their frequency or the quality of their production is directly related to the singer's underlying physiology and cannot be modified to give a false impression of his fitness.