Sentence examples for a successful push from inspiring English sources

The national embarrassment of the sleeping-lawyer case prompted a successful push for reform in Texas.

For example, a successful push for an Israel-Palestine settlement would be worth two-thirds of the entire defense budget.

Optimists argue that the bill is just a dry run for a successful push under a different president and with a different constellation of power in Congress.

United's opponents Wednesday were in the Second Division, although two-thirds of the way through a successful push for promotion, after being somewhat strangely relegated the previous season.

After losing the city once and being rebuffed another time, the Taliban made a successful push in the fall of 1998 and drove out the Northern Alliance.

It also followed a successful push by the federal government to increase ownership among lower-income people who would not have qualified in the past.

Most guides recommend getting the bike to a speed of at least 5 mph (8.0 km/h) for a successful push-starting.

For many would-be candidates and poll-watchers, "Latino appeal" will be a key element of any successful push to the Republican nomination three years from now.

A leading path for Mr. Romney: victories in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia, along with Iowa, Wisconsin, Nevada or Colorado, or with a suddenly successful push in Michigan or Pennsylvania.

Citing a highly successful push by biomedical companies several years ago to increase federal financing for their research, Mr. Miller said the young physicists had been taking the right steps in organizing to promote their cause.

A final successful push by the House of Representatives to pass health care reform legislation over the weekend had Wall Street on edge Monday morning, with U.S. equities off to a sluggish start out of the gate after several weeks of slow — if choppy — gains.