Sentence examples for seeking to harmonize from inspiring English sources

The EU already has an agreed minimum VAT rate of 15% and the European Commission is seeking to harmonize taxes on corporate income, tobacco, energy and digital products.

Switzerland was cited both as an example of a state that was rigorous in analyzing and sharing out governmental competencies, and as a political federation that encouraged real competition among its member cantons rather than seeking to harmonize everything.

Seeking to 'Harmonize' Hidden in the leafy confines of Parc Léopold, which once was home to a zoo and an amusement park in the center of what is modern-day Brussels, is the Solvay Library, built a century ago by a Belgian industrialist.

The organization seeks to harmonize agricultural policies and to facilitate the free movement of peoples, services, and capital between members.

This less-controversial style involves activist moves that nevertheless seek to harmonize in some way with opera as it has been historically understood.

Unlike Fallingwater, which sought to harmonize the man-made with nature, Neutra's sleek modern pavilion -- floating planes of glass, steel and stone -- stands in sharp contrast to the craggy hills.

It also posited that criminal law should not punish any kind of sexual relations between consenting adults in private, and it sought to harmonize the sentences imposed for felonies.

Mr. Robbins said his site planning for the Berkeley business park also reflected his interest in feng shui, the arcane Chinese discipline that seeks to harmonize architectural design with natural forces.

Mīr Dāmād returned to Avicenna and sought to harmonize his views with those of al-Suhrawardī on the assumption that what Avicenna meant by his "Oriental" (mashriqiyyah) philosophy was identical with al-Suhrawardī's wisdom of "illumination" (ishrāq), which he interpreted as a Platonic doctrine that asserted the priority of essence (form) over being (existence).

Although there may be some similarities between what Asean is trying to achieve and the European Union's Bologna Process, which seeks to harmonize the Continent's higher education system to make European students more competitive globally, commentators say that the great diversity in education systems and economic development across Asia presents different challenges.

Although the ultimate source of the central narrative is the Sanskrit Ramayana by the poet Valmiki, Tulsidas's principal immediate source was the Adhyatma Ramayana, a late medieval recasting of the epic that had sought to harmonize Advaita ("Nondual") Vedanta theology and the worship of Rama.