Sentence examples for relaxed limits from inspiring English sources

Six years ago, NBC bought a minority stake in Paxson, which owns 60 television stations around the country, with the goal of buying the rest of the company when the government relaxed limits on media ownership.

WASHINGTON — Within months after the Bush administration relaxed limits on domestic-intelligence gathering in late 2008, the F.B.I. assessed thousands of people and groups in search of evidence that they might be criminals or terrorists, a newly disclosed Justice Department document shows.

The FBI's domestic-intelligence-collection and analysis role has expanded, the standards required to engage in investigative activity have been relaxed, limits on the intrusiveness of investigative techniques have been curtailed, and oversight and supervisory approval requirements have been rolled back.

It also relaxes limits on its activities in UN-led peacekeeping operations.

Another place on Norquist's mind was Colorado, where Bill Owens, the Republican governor, was trying to relax limits on state spending.

The government in Taiwan, under pressure from its top technology companies and other businesses, has been relaxing limits on China-bound investment over the past decade.

The 120-member presidential advisory group -- including cabinet officials, business leaders and opposition lawmakers -- urged the president to relax limits on how much Taiwan businesses can invest in China.

Mr. Perry says that as president he would start job creation efforts by relaxing limits on oil and gas exploration, which he previously said would create 1.2 million jobs.

The changes, reflected in new US-Japan defence cooperation guidelines, will also expand the scope for Japan's military to provide logistics support to friendly countries, relax limits on peace-keeping operations and make it easier to respond to "grey zone" incidents falling short of war.

WASHINGTON -- A request to relax limits on coordination between candidates and super PACs left the Federal Election Commission divided and, at times, confused at a hearing on Tuesday.

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