31.   In general, the rules would allow many more investments and would substantially relax the rules relating to spouses of such people.

32.   In August the Finance Ministry unexpectedly relaxed rules on investing abroad for Japanese life insurers.

33.   In Britain, Gordon Brown, the chancellor of the exchequer, proposed in March to relax rules on hiring skilled foreign nationals.

34.   It also relaxes rules on exports to most other nations, while maintaining a ban on sales of computers to countries the administration considers terrorist strongholds.

35.   It would also make it easier to prosecute hate crimes federally, by relaxing the rules on which cases qualify.

36.   Kansas Gas Service, for example, is asking that the rules be relaxed slightly to allow medium-size users to shop for gas.

37.   Last year the team relaxed the rules but decided to reinstate them during the offseason.

38.   Lindsey said the SEC plans to issue an interpretive letter that will further relax its rules.

39.   Moreover, the oversized fishing fleet keeps constant pressure on regulators to relax rules or re-open fishing grounds at the first sign of improvement.

40.   More developers are making plans for so-called brownfield, or environmentally damaged, properties amid moves by lawmakers to relax rules on the cleanup and redevelopment of these sites.