Sentence examples for seeking to rationalize from inspiring English sources

"Unions are responding more aggressively than before to the threats posed by businesses seeking to rationalize their operations amid changing global conditions," Mr. Kim said.

In a sign of the basic level at which Palestinians are seeking to rationalize their governance, the plan commits the Palestinian Authority to "put into force all laws that have been passed".

The public stance of moving from the personal to the overtly political is quite different than seeking to rationalize the existence of a construct, an inequality or corrupt system thought of as "normal" due to specious appeals to natural law, and taking an abstract political stand on that basis.

They seek to rationalize the inefficient medical decisions of families, doctors and insurance companies.

The prospective bidders have sought to rationalize their interest to their shareholders while raising questions about the ability of competitors to buy AT&T Wireless.

In August, if Mr. Abe or other Japanese leaders deny or seek to rationalize wartime atrocities, then Japanese voters and leaders should repudiate them as they did with Mr. Hashimoto.

This paper describes mechanistic models that seek to rationalize experimentally determined low values for the activation volume associated with the high strain rate sensitivity of nanocrystalline metals.

This regional reform movement has sought to rationalize land use and environmental planning, coordinate infrastructure, and make government more fiscally efficient and responsive to growth.

Since the enactment of legislation in 1991, the government has sought to rationalize the distribution of hospitals to take advantage of shifting population densities, changing health care needs, and new technology.

In settings that lack such cues, policy entrepreneurs first seek to rationalize their beliefs (political use of information), and only address a cognitive conflict (instrumental use of information) when this appears to be the most feasible option to maintain their links with influential advocates.

In the Obama era, Washington helps run auto companies, oversees some corporate salaries, imposes an individual mandate to purchase health insurance, and seeks to rationalize the health-care system with a profusion of new boards, offices, agencies and commissions -- estimates vary from 47 to 159 new bureaucratic entities.