Sentence examples for seek to double from inspiring English sources

It is expected that it will seek to double the period of maximum detention, subject to judicial oversight, from 28 to 56 days.

(Here's a good recent summary of the research from Marginal Revolution's Alex Tabarrok, who argues that it wouldn't be unreasonable to seek to double the number of active-duty cops in the United States).

On Thursday, Haruhiko Kuroda, the new governor of the Bank of Japan, Japan's central bank, announced that it would seek to double the amount of money in circulation over two years to try to end years of falling prices.

Declaring he would do "whatever it takes" to combat falling prices, Mr. Kuroda announced that the bank would seek to double Japan's monetary base, as well as the bank's holdings of Japanese government bonds, by the end of 2014.

The NHS will seek to double the number of trainee GPs recruited, which currently stands at 3,250 a year, so that the workforce will rise by 5,000 over the next five years.

Mr. Bush said last month during his State of the Union address that he would seek to double the size of the Peace Corps from its current 7,000 volunteers to nearly 15,000, close to its all-time high, reached in 1966.

Under Mr. Abe, the central bank has sought to double its monetary base and to generate inflation of 2 percent by 2014.

To counter the shortfall, officials sought to double New Orleans's student athletic fee to a little less than $400 a year.

The plan seeks to double sales and halve the environmental impact of its products over the next 10 years.

The purchase of Cumerio will give Norddeutsche operations in Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Switzerland as it seeks to double production in three years and take advantage of rising prices.

Fifteen months ago, the Macklowes sought to double the size of their holdings in Midtown by buying seven towers from Equity Office Buildings for $7 billion.