Sentence examples for strengthened existing from inspiring English sources

Also during this time, the government enacted the Publications Act of 1974, which expanded and strengthened existing censorship policies.

Second, he strengthened existing organisations and brought in no fewer than five firms of top-level management consultants to scrutinize every aspect of Vatican operations.

A third victory came with passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act (1914), which strengthened existing laws against anticompetitive business actions and gave labour unions relief from court injunctions.

Over the next half-century Tata strengthened existing businesses such as steel, power, and hotels and drove the group to diversify its interests to include chemicals, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and information technology.

To the surprise of Tory modernisers he supported a Commons amendment by the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith that would have strengthened existing laws to make IVF clinics consider the "need for a father and a mother" before allowing women to begin fertility treatment.

Analysts described the last year as a breakthrough for co-branded cards in particular, as several large retailers, including T. J. Maxx, the Walt Disney Company and Amazon.com, began issuing their own MasterCard and Visa cards, and others like Target and Circuit City Stores strengthened existing card programs.

UNICEF is improving access to education in each of the release locations by either strengthening existing facilities or providing new schools where none existed before.

As for the larger institutions the gifts strengthen existing holdings.

Instead, she said she wanted to strengthen existing institutions.

They tried to simplify and strengthen existing rules for judicial races.

And finally, there is economic restructuring, which involves strengthening existing small businesses while recruiting new ones.