Sentence examples for relaxed somewhat from inspiring English sources

However, since January 2007, the rules have been relaxed somewhat, and indoor meetings are now allowed.

These tensions relaxed somewhat during the late 20th century, when devolved assemblies were introduced in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

On a recent night, after a dinner of grilled chicken and carp, he relaxed somewhat to explain what he did.

But these strictures have relaxed somewhat, and some companies have begun encouraging employees to buy or bring in their own devices from home.

The Emersons relaxed somewhat for the occasion, happily flirting with chaos in episodes such as the trilling coda of the quintet.

From 1953 to 1957 Cold War tensions relaxed somewhat, largely owing to the death of the longtime Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953; nevertheless, the standoff remained.

Thursday's announcement suggests it is relaxing somewhat.

In other Arab states, he said, it is rare to find men who are both religious and gay, but the high numbers in Jidda made them relax somewhat.

"What pained me most about the reviewers," he writes in 1960, referring to the notoriously inadequate reception for "The Recognitions," "was their refusal — their fear — to relax somewhat with the book and be entertained".

When Lee took office in 2004, he appeared to be willing to relax somewhat Singapore's rigid libel laws and proscriptions against dissent and to allow greater freedom of expression.

Relaxing somewhat uncomfortably into the ambiguities that everyone else seems to thrive on (ask 10 conference attendees what its purpose was and you would get 10 different answers), allow me make three suggestions for the journey ahead.