Sentence examples for soften measures from inspiring English sources

Similarly it has tried to soften measures on political party funding.

Mr. Thaksin won votes with a campaign of nationalist rhetoric, and he has said he would like to soften measures imposed by the International Monetary Fund that brought pain to many Thais while helping to increase foreign investment.

These included promises to reverse legislation cutting state subsidies to the ultra-Orthodox, soften measures designed to encourage them to undertake mandatory military service, and hand Jewish Home the justice ministry.

But the compromise was a milestone because it secured the support of national governments, including some that had fought hard to soften measures opposed by the tobacco industry and some smoker advocacy groups.

— One of the largest sources of campaign contributions to Senate Democrats during this year's health care debate is a physician-owned hospital in one of the country's poorest regions that has sought to soften measures that could choke its rapid growth.

But that message to Athens came as the European Commission softened measures that could have provided a bulwark against statistics that are artificially dressed up.

"Business and consumer sentiment have shown signs of softening, measures of financial fragility remain elevated and there is great uncertainty about the outlook for both the U.S. and our most important trading partner, the euro area".

The Senate version of what is being called the iPod bill softens some measures that could have forced Apple to open all music sold from its iTunes Music Store to play on portable devices other than the Apple iPod.

Business and accounting industry lobbyists had tried in recent days to soften the measure, but they got nowhere.

From the perspective that includes best practices for urban school districts, the legislation has to be reauthorized without softening accountability measures.

Russia, which is North Korea's second largest trading partner, softened several measures but the main provisions remained.