Sentence examples for approving a contract from inspiring English sources

Ms. Tymoshenko has been jailed since October 2011, when she was convicted on charges of abusing her position in connection with approving a contract to purchase natural gas from Russia.

Mr. Lazaro blamed the Democratic legislative majority, which he said set a precedent by recently approving a contract for county correction officers, who had been working without one since 1997.

A year earlier the Council had approved a contract to operate the city's overall lottery, which included a provision allowing new types of gambling, though the Council had rarely — if ever — discussed Internet gambling, members said.

The news came five days after workers narrowly approved a contract, following a six-hour strike.

Thousands of sanitation workers overwhelmingly approved a contract negotiated with the Giuliani administration.

[NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory] [Media Matters] The San Diego Water Authority approved a contract to purchase water from the nation's largest desalination plant.

And Baltimore teachers, who were initially opposed to Dr. Alonso's methods, last month approved a contract that enshrined them.

Striking workers at Sikorsky Aircraft Company voted by a narrow margin to approve a contract with the company, Sikorsky announced yesterday.

The teachers union in Gary approved a contract agreement, ending a strike that has kept 16,000 students out of class.

Bruce Lambert (NYT MANHATTANN: LIBRARIANS APPROVE CONTRACT -- Librarians working in public libraries in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island voted overwhelmingly Monday night to approve a contract that gives them a pay raise of 16percentthis yearar, officials with the New York Public Library Guild announced Tuesday.

Earlier this month, a monthlong strike by Boeing workers at the Chicago-based company's C-17 plant in Long Beach, Calif., ended after workers approved a contract there.