Sentence examples for at our urging from inspiring English sources

But contrary to his suggestion that the recently passed energy bill does nothing to encourage domestic production of ethanol from sugar cane, the bill, at our urging, included two sugar-to-ethanol provisions.

But latecomers will not affect the menu, which has purposely been concocted ahead of time, freeing the hostess to interact with her guests or -- at our urging -- change her outfit at least twice.

At our urging US Rep. Carrie Meek included a section in the 2000 Federal Water Resources Development Act, "Community Outreach and Assistance" requiring outreach and education of the urban population and involvement of the minority business community in the billions of dollars flowing from the restoration.

Liberal columnists tug at our sleeves, urging that we take seriously the prospect of a Johnson premiership.

It helps a lot when the spectre of a particular person, who particularly loved particular things, stands at our shoulder, urging attention, inviting cordial argument, and marvelling at our shared good luck, to be so extraordinarily entertained.

What most of us really want is some kind of stimulating magic mix where our urges for security are at odds with our urges for erotic excitement.

As Salutatorian of my class, I gave a speech at our commencement exercises urging that the United States enter World War II on the side of Great Britain.

That relationship has come to seem like common wisdom, and many of us, perhaps at our dentist's urging, have brushed and flossed extra diligently because we think it may help keep our cardiovascular systems healthy.

At our children's urging, we elect to stay in one of the latter; they want to be able to tell their friends they've slept in a tree.

We welcomed Mr. Farley at our elbow, gently urging us to drop a line to Uncle Horace in the fourth postal zone, but we were even more pleased when we heard that the postmaster in Loachapoka, Alabama, had complained that bluebirds were making a nuisance of themselves by swiping letters off the very doorstep.

(Originally our returns policy was only 30 days, but we kept increasing it at the urging of our customers, who became more loyal as we lengthened the returns period). Our returns run high more than a third of our gross revenue but we've learned that customers will buy more and be happier in the long run if we can remove most of the risk from shopping at Zappos.