The introduction of bells into all the steeples of Christendom had been an early factor in regularizing the habits of the people - their first lesson in working to the clock.

By 1632 they had installed themselves in their own Hall, Cobham House in Blackfriars, where they embarked upon regularizing their trade and setting examinations for their Apprentices.

By regularizing such events and by greatly adding to the pageantry that surrounds them, we can weave them into the ritual framework of the new society and use them as sanity-preserving points of temporal reference.

A further regularizing of immigration law would make it harder for the U.S. to practice the hypocrisy that leads it to oppose the forced repatriation of Vietnamese "boat people" from Hong Kong while it wants to forcibly return desperate Haitians to a constant hell.

But in many ways, the move to regularize life did not succeed.

As the school became established so its legal status needed to be regularized.

If you want to move forward, to regularize your status, all roads lead there.

Later these groups organize to regularize their possession of the land.

The jets continued to fire off and on, regularizing the orbit.

This child had not yet learned to regularize his perceptions to fit the way the world works.

Responsibilities and the interaction of the decision makers should be regularized.

In 1794 they formally adopted both the natural children to regularize their legal status.

The accounts for the period 2006-2009, including debt and deficits levels, were regularized.

"It seems to me consultants have regularized a process that has been kind of chaotic," he added.

Until then, I can regularize the trade to minimize the dislocation of your society.

The Bush administration's support for guest worker programs is a sound start on regularizing migration between the two nations.

Aliens who have succeeded in regularizing their status are encouraging others to act.

More stock was sold to pay off the ship's debts, and regularized operations were finally able to begin.

Ritual is in some ways akin to routine, the process of regularizing actions.

Remark: usually those periods do not converge and one should regularize them.

It was rather chaotic at first, but as time went on, things became regularized according to schedules."

If that's right, then why hold summit meetings, and why regularize them?

"The Army had gone through the same drill two years earlier, and regularized it," the aide recalled.

He regularized his breathing and, in ten minutes, began to snore softly.

The American bishops authorized the news service not only to regularize some existing practices but also to provide for the future.

Libyan bureaucracy is not regularized and depends on personal connections.

Under legislation passed after 1983, the government liberalized and regularized the mining industry.

But, he added, they "cannot come into this country illegally and expect to be regularized after they are here."

Only when they regularized a slow spiritual into something a little plodding did one have reservations.

An agreement was entered into to regularise relations between the two companies.

The following year, an amnesty was offered under which 150,000 illegal workers were able to regularise their status.

An additional act was promoted to regularise the situation.

Both companies had largely the same directors, so the merger allowed them to regularise their position.

That would certainly be a very active policy and a strong incentive for the employers concerned to regularise the situation.

New numerical limits were imposed, and the opportunity also taken to regularise the 1815 expansion of the Order.

Alternatively, you must regularise your stay by applying for a Residence or work visa.

These changes occurred frequently to avoid irregular forms or to regularise genders.

It is on the right track, since the most important thing is to regularise the black economy and take steps to combat crime.

We could mention, for example, your government's operation to regularise hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

Some countries decide to seal their borders and adopt tough measures, while others regularise thousands of illegal immigrants.

"I've decided to regularise your unofficial status," said Hadfield, with a smile.

We could even regularise this process.

In view of the implication of these anomalies, is the time not right to modernise or regularise this situation?

It tries to regularise vocabulary and grammar.

From 1767 Henry adopted Anglicanism to regularise his position in England.

The modern editor can only regularise and correct erroneous readings that have survived into the printed versions.

Finally we would point out that the best weapon to combat discrimination and human exploitation is to acknowledge rights and thus to regularise their status.

It can be a lengthy process to regularise your status in country if you arrive in Paraguay without the required documentation.

It is far more in her interests than his to regularise the position (especially if she is looking after the children and is seeking maintenance).

His initial role was to regularise the position of the Russia Company which had mismanaged the tobacco monopoly granted it in 1698.

It aimed to regularise the status of staple ports in England, Wales, and Ireland.

We are exploring options to regularise these arrangements for the future and would welcome the views of current or prospective users of driving test statistics.

Instead of openly siding with employers they instituted a rather more even-handed policy intended to bring labour and management together to regularise their relations.

But it would, meanwhile, regularise his affairs and ensure proper continuity, proper attention to investments, and so on.