Sentence examples for redressed- from inspiring English sources

Observe lawyers hugger-mugger outside a court and you become aware of the matrix of common aim and influence – class, dress, vocabulary, clubs, eating holes, remunerative ambition – that has served them well since the first man or woman sought to have a wrong redressed.

The notion that a few decades of civil-rights laws and a bit of affirmative action (often doled out grudgingly) have redressed centuries of slavery and subjugation has been exposed as hubris.

The Securities and Exchange Commission SECC) is due to agree by January 26th the details of new rules requiring lawyers who learn of fraud or any breach of fiduciary duty at firms they work for to squeal until the breach is redressed, even if this means calling the SEC itself.

As a result, the driveline must be redressed every day using sterile gloves and gauze.

The passing of the act, along with more funds for tackling homophobic bullying in schools, "redressed the balance with Labour", she says.

The balance between the industry and its clients will not be redressed until investors learn that higher fees do not guarantee higher returns.

Performance measures such as earnings per share or return on equity may encourage excessive risk-taking.So why haven't shareholders redressed the balance?

Redressing the latter requires patience; the former cannot be redressed at all.

The good news is that budget deficits are coming down and other imbalances are being redressed.

Most Sunnis do not so much want Mr Maliki to be overthrown as their grievances to be redressed.

But he redressed the balance by treating everyone he interviewed as precious and unique, and their words as poetry.