Sentence examples similar to set on curtailing from inspiring English sources

As Prime Minister, he set his sights on curtailing inflation and rooting out corruption at the ministerial level.

If you recall, it set out to curtail bulk collection and install an advocate in the FISA court.

Nonetheless, protests against the curtailing of reforms—such as the dramatic suicide of Jan Palach, a student who on Jan . 16 , 1969set himself on fire were what held the country's attention.

Congress was intent on curtailing that power.

Crawford also explained baseball's emphasis on curtailing beanballs.

He added that the bill would "violate the prohibition on curtailing the mayor's authority".

At the time it had little effect on curtailing monarchical powers, but it carried great symbolism.

But evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of legislation on curtailing gun violence is murky.

His record on curtailing the power of militant jihadist radicals has been inconsistent.

It is meant to curtail "tower in a park" zoning that yields buildings vastly out of scale with their neighbors, too tall and set apart on barren plazas from the street wall formed by older structures.

(Kehr) Jean-Louis Trintignant (Friday through Dec. 20) With the 81-year-old French actor's new film, "Amour," set to open in New York on Dec. 19, Film Forum offers a necessarily curtailed survey of his extensive career.