Sentence examples for a swift passage from inspiring English sources

Until then, it had been thought that the rebels had been assured of a swift passage into cabinet.

President Morsi says his controversial decree (euphemistically called "constitutional declaration") is only a provisional measure to defend the revolution and ensure a swift passage to democracy.

He showed, even then, a level head on his shoulders, because he reasoned that United had just signed a young defender (Phil Jones), while Real promised him a swifter passage to first-team soccer.

For the select few "high net-worth individuals", the process of applying for a visa will be quicker with fewer forms to fill out and they will be able to join the EU/EEA queue at passport control, meaning a swifter passage through the airport, but May was silent on any moves to boost the number of visas issued to Indians to come to Britain.

Today, the mayors and town supervisors of 16 of New York's major municipalities released a letter calling for swift passage of the Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act -- also known as the Zombie Kill Bill -- which would provide those communities with the tools to kill off zombie properties for good.

At one point Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Manhattan, interrupted the swift passage of budget bills to ask a question of Senator Dale M. Volker, a Republican from western New York.

Republican senators tried to frame the issue as a matter of conscience rather than contraception, while Democrats cited the proposal as evidence of a Republican war against women — a theme echoed on the Senate floor on Thursday as Democrats urged swift passage of a separate bill to fight domestic violence.

President Obama is expected to call for swift passage of a bill to overhaul the financial system in a speech in New York on Thursday.

Every six or seven miles, there was a government checkpoint which George and I were likely to get through because we had the right papers and authorisations, but our swift passage was not a complete certainty and a single suspicious soldier might delay us for hours.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee appears to be moving toward swift passage of a bill that would "change but preserve" the once-secret National Security Agency program that is keeping logs of every American's phone calls, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who leads the panel, said Thursday.

This will ensure you swift passage through the detectors without a high risk of a pat-down.