Sentence examples for starting point for reform from inspiring English sources

Indeed, last year The Economist argued in favour of a return to the 28-year maximum copyright term as a decent starting point for reform.

And the starting point for reform should be a near-total transparency of the political and governing elite, so people can see what's being done in their name.

Although the plan leans too much on future benefit reductions and not enough on revenue increases, it still offers a good starting point for reform.

And in his state of the union address last month, Barack Obama added his voice, saying the fall in crime and incarceration should be the "starting point" for reform.

At Healthy Markets we believe that a dramatic shift in the level of transparency is a necessary starting point for reforming the financial service industry — that it is the only answer for such deep-seated conflicts of interest.

"This is an important step that could represent the starting point for meaningful reform later on," he said.

"This is an important step that could represent the starting point for meaningful reform later on," al-Jamri said.

But if you want a serious starting point for tax reform, you should look at Simpson-Bowles or Domenici-Rivlin, both of which spelled out actual tax expenditures they would close (or Feldstein, Feenberg, and MacGuineas, or White House Burning, or any one of many other policy proposals that do the same).

Now, the conviction that the system must be rebuilt to curb future excesses forms a starting point for the reforms that will come under discussion in London.

But as Ravitch notes, a curriculum based on rigorous standards is an essential "starting point for other reforms," providing guidance for everyone from teachers and parents to assessment developers and textbook publishers.

This recommendation derives from the belief that the starting point for democratic reforms (that shift power from the centre to the periphery) lies at the centre.