Sentence examples for approved the start from inspiring English sources

Parliament's lower house approved the Start II treaty, the landmark agreement, negotiated seven years ago, that calls for cutting the American and Russian nuclear arsenals by half.

On Dec. 17, the board of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Corporation approved the start of lease negotiations with a development group led by Mr. Spitzer.

At the same meeting, President Obama also approved the start of the airdrops in response to a request from the Iraqi government.

The US Department of Energy Office of Science has formally approved the start of this project with the issuance of Critical Decision-0, Approve of Mission Need.

In 1995, President Clinton approved the start of the "rendition" policy which saw the extradition of dozens of suspected terrorists to Cairo, whereupon torture methods were employed as a form of interrogation.

Mr. McNerney also reiterated on Wednesday that Boeing's board was close to formally approving the start of the design work on an updated version of the 777, called the 777x, that would be ready for delivery around 2020.

The group warned that, even as the Obama administration moves toward approving the start of exploratory drilling this summer, critical research remains incomplete and spill response plans have yet to be tested.

If approved, the first changes could start to take effect by July 2014.

But by obstructing the treaty on such vague and flimsy grounds they look as though they are putting America's safety in jeopardy for partisan ends.The Senate approved the original START treaty 93-6, and the most recent nuclear-arms deal with Russia 95-0.

Because Republicans and Democrats approved the New START treaty, far fewer nuclear weapons and launchers will be deployed.

Mr. Wilson approved the plan, starting three new campaigns, one for pre-schoolers, one for families and one for young adults.