Sentence examples for possibility of reform from inspiring English sources

Former captain Michael Attenborough has also dismissed the possibility of reform.

There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of Mr. Arafat's intentions and of the possibility of reform.

We may be able to rely on the possibility of reform in the United States, the United Kingdom, some other modern developed democracy.

When the stock market sank on Thursday, hours before the final vote, opponents rushed to declare that that was because even the possibility of reform was destabilizing.

"The whole-life tariff is against all principles of international law as it denies any possibility of reform of rehabilitation," says Bhatt Murphy's Simon Creighton, the solicitor representing the prisoners at the European court.

Iranians' optimism about the possibility of reform has been turning to anger and disappointment at the failure of reformist politicians, including President Mohammad Khatami, to deliver any fundamental changes.

The possibility of reforming ethical standards has been raised, even by Senator Stevens himself, as he expressed confidence there is no rule he could be violating.

This means, for example, that the government will consider the possibility of reforming article 18 of the 1970 workers statute, which protects workers by preventing companies with more than 15 employees from firing people without just cause.

But Ms Pelosi's support for Mr Murtha cast doubt both on her judgment and her ability to sway her party.The most positive noises out of Washington this week concerned the possibility of reforming Social Security.

This pushback can and should include the possibility of reforming the way the court does business: Term limits and supermajority requirements, for instance, are both plausible responses to the weirdness of having our great controversies settled by the timing of an aging justice's final illness, or the idiosyncracies of Anthony Kennedy.

While there may not be much to choose between the candidates, the rift between General Fonseka and Mr. Rajapaksa — and the consequent divisions among Sinhalese nationalist parties and the renewed vigor of opposition parties — has at least put the possibility of reforms on the agenda.