Sentence examples for In passage of from inspiring English sources

That endorsement played a critical role in passage of the measure.

The documents brag about its "crucial" role in passage of Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage that was overturned by a federal appeals court.

Later, as commissioner of the Board of Health (1848 54), he conducted a campaign that culminated in passage of the Public Health Act of 1848.

Now, two new reports made public last month are renewing interest in passage of a smoking ban in New Jersey similar to those enacted in at least 10 states, including New York, Maine, Massachusetts and Delaware.

He also was pivotal in passage of an important bond act to pay for toxic-waste cleanup and other environmental programs in 1996 even though it was unpopular with his constituency.

Elected to Congress as a Republican in 1860, Julian played an important role in passage of the Homestead Act and in making emancipation a Northern war aim during the Civil War.

He excelled in passages of the "Todtenfeier" that seem to evoke other music.

I sometimes find the reassurance I imagine other people getting from religion in passages of novels, in poems.

Mr. Thibaudet's strongest moments came in passages of quiet tenderness; in the loud opening, his playing sounded muddy.

As the voices build in intensity, the full strings of the orchestra emerge in passages of spacious block harmonies.

Even in passages of gnashing ferocity, he balanced textures so that inner details came through with startling clarity.