Sentence examples for trying to scrap from inspiring English sources

Some reforms are driven by Obamacare; others have come about independently.First, insurers are trying to scrap health care's perverse incentives.

If David Cameron really cares about these things, he should be championing the act, not trying to scrap it.

But Republican lawmakers said on Friday that they were not trying to scrap Mr. Paulson's plan entirely.

The Republican National Committee is trying to scrap as unconstitutional the 105-year-old ban on direct corporation contributions to candidates and parties.

Turning on the prime minister, Cameron said Brown should be ashamed of himself for trying to frighten people, and denied he was trying to scrap tax credits.

Lemaire was not trying to scrap what MacLean had built in his short tenure as the coach as much as he was trying to emphasize fundamentals to players who had become lax.

At the start of the project, he tried to scrap it.

"We knew that they'd come out and try to scrap a bit.

This was one reason why some composers tried to scrap classical forms and explore the alternatives, leading to the dissonant pandemonium of experimental music in the 1950s.

The government insists, as it tries to scrap the Freedom of Information Act, that only people who have something to hide should worry.

There are also voices asking for more generous tax reliefs for major donors too - a bit unlikely since the Chancellor tried to scrap them altogether only last year.