Sentence examples for the task of harmonising from inspiring English sources

Michael Froman, the US chief negotiator, described the task of harmonising regulations as follows: "For years the US and EU have accepted each other's inspection of aeroplanes because it was obvious they would not be able to check all the planes landing in their jurisdiction.

When they began their work in 2009, scientists from the "Biomass for Energy" funding programme were faced with the task of harmonising their combined methodological processes in order to make performance characteristics as well as cost calculations and accounting comparable.

According to Sir David Tweedie, the head of the IASB, the next stage of harmonising international standards is likely to be much deeper, and more difficult, than the first.

Britain, Portugal, Slovakia and Austria are against the notion of harmonising criminal-law procedures.

Imagine the impact of harmonising these two initiatives in driving reporting excellence and uptake worldwide.

The "pact for competitiveness" (now the "pact for the euro") that Mrs Merkel and France's Nicolas Sarkozy are promoting, for instance, includes the idea of harmonising corporate-tax bases, surely a step towards harmonised tax rates.

Poverty's chains Soft science no more ReprintsThe City broadly supports the aim of harmonising regulatory regimes.

Some countries, such as Spain and Russia, saw the advantages of harmonising their units of measure with those of their trading partners.

In other policy areas the EU can only co-ordinate, support and supplement member state action but cannot enact legislation with the aim of harmonising national laws.

Those were the tough guys, the guys you should be afraid of, harmonising on a street corner in Queens somewhere!

Many would worry that such a scheme would be a step towards the French Socialists' long-held dream of harmonising minimum wages and welfare standards across the EU.