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01. We have decided to [amend] our policy in order to include new employees in the Christmas bonus program.
02. I won't support the policy unless it is [amended].
03. The university tennis club has [amended] its rules to allow players to wear gray or light brown clothing, rather than just white.
04. The [amendments] were unanimously approved by the membership.
05. Council members are considering [amending] the bylaw as a result of the public outcry.
06. Parliament has begun debate on [amending] the Constitution.
07. A copy of the suggested [amendments] has been sent to the members for their consideration.
08. The military government has agreed to [amend] the Constitution to allow multi-party elections within a year.
09. Any [amendments] to the minutes of the meeting have to be approved by the Board.
10. It wasn't until 1547 that British law was [amended] to end the practice of boiling people to death as punishment for criminal behavior.
11. Baltasar Gracian once noted that little said is soon [amended]. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
12. C. C. Colton once observed that the slightest sorrow for sin is sufficient if it produces [amendment], and the greatest insufficient if it does not.
13. Seneca wrote that the first step towards [amendment] is the recognition of error.
14. Harry Truman once stated, "You can always [amend] a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now."
15. In the first line of the minutes from yesterday's meeting, the date for our next meeting should be [amended] to read, "January 21," not "January 12."
16. The members voted to [amend] a couple of the union bylaws at last week's meeting.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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