verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
amend an act (= make small changes )
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In 1978 the act was amended to make the earliest mandatory retirement age 70.
amend/change the constitution (= make changes to it )
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Congress amended the constitution more than 300 times during 1992.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
act
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Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., that would amend the 1934 act in their favor.
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New regulations will amend the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and come into force by 21 May 1993.
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What is needed is for Parliament to amend the Act so that it explains exactly how far the rule-making powers go.
attempt
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In recent decades, we have seen a variety of enthusiastic attempts to amend our Constitution.
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Henry Hyde of Illinois, who are wary of any attempts to amend the Constitution.
bill
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Why is he trying to stop this Bill instead of amending it in Committee?
constitution
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Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
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Henry Hyde of Illinois, who are wary of any attempts to amend the Constitution .
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But the assembly also has the power - never used - to amend the constitution .
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Those who wish today to amend the Constitution to suit narrow crusades of their own might ponder this lesson.
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We amended the Constitution in 1913 because we decided the people should rule in the Senate.
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The following year he amended the constitution , opening the way for a third term.
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Since the passage of Proposition 209, those seeking such programs must resort to a statewide initiative to amend the California Constitution .
law
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In May, after months of bickering, parliament amended the asylum law .
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The fundamental purpose of legislation is to create, amend or repeal law , thereby giving effect to the intentions of Parliament.
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Legislation was passed on private business transactions and shareholding companies, and also amending the law on military service.
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The government was persistently unwilling to amend Poor Law principles to take account of the mounting evidence of extensive involuntary unemployment.
legislation
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The Assembly passed a law on civil aviation and amended existing legislation on export-import taxes.
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If no amending legislation is enacted within 180 days, the Clinton administration is free to proceed as planned, Riggs said.
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It is that amended legislation which has been deemed in breach of the rules.
order
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Legislators are the elected officials who pass laws or amend existing ones in order to remedy problems or to promote certain activities.
plan
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We will amend the plan from this end when we pull it all together.
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Also, it will enable you to amend your plan more easily in the air when actual conditions may differ.
regulation
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The Minister intends to bring forward amending regulations in the autumn.
rule
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If the original statement requires correction it is presumably necessary to seek leave to amend although the rules are silent on this.
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The architectural and surveying professions have also amended their rules to allow competition on fees.
statement
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An amended statement was approved by the task force in April 1979.
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We have given him every opportunity to amend his statements in light of more recent proceedings.
treaty
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Under general treaty law and the law on State responsibility, States can amend or terminate treaties which provide rights for individuals.
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Acting unanimously, the member States could have informally amended the treaty provisions, but without such unanimity they each remained bound.
■ VERB
need
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Not too much Tippex was needed to amend the Charter to one of the new King.
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The national rules need to be amended .
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In an auction contract, this will need to be amended .
seek
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If the original statement requires correction it is presumably necessary to seek leave to amend although the rules are silent on this.
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That is bad law, which will lead to miscarriages of justice, and we shall seek to amend it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make amends (to sb/for sth)
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But I must, you are right, make amends for that.
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But the best way of making amends is to substitute for old habits new, and better, ones.
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Kids should be taught to make amends for their own mistakes.
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Nina felt in that moment that somehow she must make amends for all the wrong she had done in her life.
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Others include the cathartic process of making amends to the people you have hurt through your addiction.
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She felt in the bed for Alice's hand and squeezed it, to make amends .
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The impulse to make amends is not a bad one.
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They now have only one round-robin group match left to make amends .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Congress amended the Social Security Act in 1967 to help the disabled.
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Programs written in languages such as BASIC are very easy to edit and amend .
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The law was amended so that profits from drug dealing could be seized by the government.
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To amend the Constitution voters must approve the measure in a referendum.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A supplementary statement can not be used to amend the evidence recorded in an earlier statement.
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But the assembly also has the power - never used - to amend the constitution.
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He spoke to intelligence officers at several airbases and made sure that certain records were amended.
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However, fresh proposals to amend the existing rent policy were put to the Bar Council in March.
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If the two treaties have identical parties the subsequent treaty is regarded as amending the earlier.
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In May, after months of bickering, parliament amended the asylum law.