Sentence examples for sought to reverse a from inspiring English sources

They also sought to reverse a decision that disqualified three of the alliance's candidates on the grounds that they were loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.

Here and in Ankara, the administration sought to reverse a narrow vote in the Turkish Parliament on Saturday that appeared to dash hopes of opening a second front, in the north, against Iraq.

The lawsuit sought to reverse a bureau decision to allocate nearly all water in the Klamath project to endangered sucker fish in Upper Klamath Lake and to threatened coho salmon in the Klamath River.

The thrust in the sciences follows a decade in which CUNY sought to reverse a long period of wrenching decline by strengthening its admissions standards, increasing enrollment and hiring faculty.

I recently visited Switzerland to conduct various interviews about the proposed league reconstruction in Scotland and was told they had reduced the size of the league and introduced rules to ensure young Swiss players were bred and cultivated as that country sought to reverse a decline in the fortunes of their national team.

A federal appeals court rejected a second appeal by the Uzan family of Turkey seeking to reverse a $4.2 billion judgment that Motorola and Nokia won last summer.

It is highly unusual for the federal government to seek to reverse a corporate decision as important as the location of plant.

It seeks to reverse a 50-year history during which preservation, by myopically focusing on restoring major architectural artifacts, sometimes destroyed the communities around them.

A Feb. 12 Business Day article about NBC's decision to air distilled spirits advertising said that those opposed to such ads may seek to reverse a decision the distillers made in 1996 to begin broadcast advertising.

Burger King, seeking to reverse a sales slump, is reviving a theme from the 1970's, "Have it your way," in a campaign starting today by Crispin Porter & Bogusky in Miami.

The report on industry site Billboard even suggests that Apple may be considering launching an iTunes app for Android devices, as it seeks to reverse a recent trend that has seen download sales shrink after a decade of growth.