Sentence examples for reforms were pushed from inspiring English sources

Changes in marriage practices and land reforms were pushed through.

Both reforms were pushed through despite the opposition of teachers' unions.

Big reforms were pushed through in 1999, when the country was struggling to pay its foreign debts.

The eight years of Angela Merkel's chancellorship have seen this transformation happen, though the reforms were pushed through by her predecessor Gerhard Schröder.

He contended that the military's culture could prove dangerous if the reforms were pushed through without addressing the armed forces' deep-seated sexism.

Thereafter the government officials who had been advocating moderate reforms were pushed to the background, and Kang, his famous disciple Liang Qichao, and other followers became trusted imperial advisers.

The first minister opted to focus on the welfare state, saying Westminster reforms were pushing an estimated 100,000 Scottish children and a similar number of disabled people into poverty.

He likes the sound of welfare reforms being pushed by Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House budget committee.

Until reforms are pushed through, the prospects of Italy emulating the bad experiences of Japan in the 2000s increase.

The reforms being pushed on the peripheral countries seem to call for slow growth, at best, for a very long time.

Ask Tokyo officials about the policy and they will say it is legitimate as a short-term fix while deeper structural reforms are pushed through.