Sentence examples for seeks to restrain from inspiring English sources

There seems to be no end to the draconian controls as the military seeks to restrain the news media, manipulate the courts, misuse security services and restrict civil society groups.

The civil lawsuit, which the City Council approved, seeks to "restrain and declare unlawful" the forfeiture proceedings against the landlords of the dispensary, Harborside Health Center, stating that Oakland will "suffer irreparable harm if the dispensaries are shuttered".

But the new health care law seeks to restrain the latter through steps to overhaul payment practices and service delivery: better information on effective treatments, improved coordination among doctors, financial rewards for the quality of treatment rather than the quantity.

Mr. Young, in a paper prepared for Republican lawmakers attending a two-day retreat in Philadelphia, noted that the discretionary domestic programs Mr. Bush seeks to restrain account for only 17percentt of the total federal budget.

The Senate approved today a $1.8 trillion budget plan for next year that seeks to restrain the growth of government and throws into sharp relief the bruising political battles between Congress and President Clinton in this election season.

Republicans in the Senate moved ahead on several fronts with their tax and spending proposals today, calling for a tax reduction for married couples, setting out a budget plan that seeks to restrain the growth of government and laying the groundwork for a vote on reducing gasoline taxes.

Time and time again, Robert Jay QC sought to restrain the witness.

The very edges that seek to restrain actually form the art.

They have sought to restrain it, Gulliver-like, in a net of obligations.

She became active recently in an environmental group seeking to restrain development on the island.

After the break India sought to restrain them and they succeeded partly through the good offices of Jadeja.