Sentence examples for and the initiative to from inspiring English sources

For that reason, it is all the more persuasive and powerful because someone really took the time and the initiative to actually show up in person.

"Carrying on with the negotiating team and the initiative to leave the oil under the ground was only a strategy to avoid losing popularity ahead of the February 2013 [presidential] elections," he said.

Yasuni is one of the most biodiverse places on earth, and the initiative to forgo exploiting ITT aims to protect that biodiversity and the territories of the indigenous people living in the region.

Recycling thermal energy often involves recovering waste heat rather than waste cold, and the initiative to recover cooling from the L.N.G. industry may make the project in Barcelona the first of its kind, Ms. Labeyrie said.

If we are to impose a hefty new tax, there needs to be a planned recipient for the funds — a subsidy for developers of alternate energy sources comes to mind — and the initiative to create the tax program must be driven first by how the money will be used, and only secondarily by the need to raise gas prices.

In response to e-mailed questions, Maysoon Sabkar, a spokeswoman for Bahrain's government, said that support from the gulf countries and the initiative to create jobs at the Interior Ministry were "not aimed at ending protests in Bahrain, but they do form part of an overall program to make necessary improvements for the benefit of all".

"We inherited the situation and showed the resolve and took the initiative to help the people of Haiti.

First Round originally launched the fund in Philadelphia and expanded the initiative to New York and San Francisco (and soon Boston).

"We must clench our fists tight and take the initiative to crack down on violence and terror activities," Yu said.

UNICEF and the International Labour Organization (ILO) provided technical inputs and funded the initiative to support FTTSA in preparation for the Code's implementation.

Instead, England were timorous and tentative as they started slowly with the bat and handed the initiative to the Dutch.