Sentence examples for sharpened policy from inspiring English sources

Welfare debates are less partisan in state capitals than in Congress, where election-year politics have sharpened policy disagreements.

The electrification of transportation should be accompanied by a sharpened policy focus with regard to life cycle management, and thus counter potential setbacks in terms of water pollution and toxicity.

More radical is an idea to shift financing of care of the old away from payroll taxes and towards personal savings to cope with the looming increase in their numbers.Political setbacks could sharpen policy disputes within the coalition.

Such a prospect greatly sharpens the policy dilemmas, both monetary and fiscal, that face both the European Central Bank (ECB) and EU governments.Reform or relapseThis week the ECB declared that it would set monetary policy according to three targets: for the money supply, for inflation, and for a mix of other indicators.

"That's the sort of shared commitment we see in the Scaling up Nutrition Network, where 40 countries are already taking tangible steps to increase and better target investments and sharpen policies and nutrition-focused programmes".

The unprecedented speed with which the Conservatives rolled back the Liberal's childcare policy sharpened some informants' views that CCAAC demands were radical and represent, as one informant stated, "a major social policy [shift] that would fundamentally change gender relations," a change that [a] Conservative government in particular would "fiercely resist".

Their demands for Alevi houses of worship to be officially designated as such were again ignored, just as Mr Erdogan's pro-Sunni foreign policy has sharpened feelings of discrimination.For all such grumbles, however, the reforms are a substantial step in the right direction.

I am sure Blair almost believed in locking up suspects without charge for 90 days but his view was sharpened by the knowledge the policy was popular.

The Republican senator John McCain has sharpened his criticism of White House policy on Syria, accusing the Obama administration of sitting idly by while President Bashar al-Assad gains the upper hand in the country's civil war.

More recent English Government policy changes have sharpened the focus on competency based role development.

A document circulating online purporting to detail a proposal by top Communist Party officials to remove Mao Zedong Thought from party work, documents and policies, has also sharpened debate.