Sentence examples for soften rules from inspiring English sources

The European commission would also be under pressure to soften rules that put restrictions on individual governments bailing out their banks.

The proposals from the Fed — portions of which will be issued jointly with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. — follow a congressional vote this spring to soften rules put in place by the 2010 Dodd-Frank law for the smallest banks.

Meanwhile, cash held by U.S. banks is at a record high; awash with deposits from uneasy investors in Europe, some of the 25 largest lenders with $4.7 trillion in deposits are asking regulators to soften rules or waive fees to park their excess cash at the Federal Reserve, rather than to have to lend the money.

This week it agreed to soften the rules.

The president says he must soften environmental rules to prevent a recession.

Wall Street, with a helping hand from several lawmakers, is pushing Mr. Gensler to soften the rules.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is working to soften these rules as part of Turkey's effort to join the European Union.

After the House voted 221 to 194 to soften the rules on parcels, the administration eased its regulations, placing personal hygiene products on the list of allowed items.

Many poor countries are eager to soften trade rules that protect intellectual property, and they want more trading rights for low-end manufactured goods, like textiles.

Attempts to abolish or even soften these rules have failed at every General Conference, the quadrennial meeting of the denomination, since they were first added, in 1972, to the Book of Discipline, which contains the Church's laws and doctrine.

For instance, he sidestepped a series of questions about the effects of the sweeping order Trump issued just hours after his ­swearing-in that directed agencies to lift or soften federal rules implementing aspects of the ACA.