Sentence examples for buck progress from inspiring English sources

But we can't buck progress.

Anyone detained for two years will be assessed by the federal ombudsman rather than by secretive government officials.In this section Turning ploughshares into staves A glimpse of peace The buck stops Bumpy progress Home at last ReprintsMr Howard held out on one important demand.

Only two small Muslim parties seem to have maintained any semblance of party discipline.In this section Turning ploughshares into staves A glimpse of peace The buck stops Bumpy progress Home at last ReprintsOn the whole, incumbents have been doing well, as has Golkar, which topped last year's parliamentary polls and is thought to have the most efficient party machinery.

Few senators in the modern era have done more to buck the tide of progress and enlightenment than Mr. Helms, who last evening announced that he would not seek a sixth term in the Senate next year.

He took midnight drives to check on cleanup progress and to buck up the troops.

Reminding people of tasks yet to be completed, not just progress reports, may buck their ideas up.

Nelson wouldn't mind saying that he had planned just such a season for the Bucks, but the fact is, he is as surprised as anyone, with both Cummings' play and the progress of the Bucks.

The capital has made huge progress under mayors Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson, bucking the national trend by doubling bus usage and cutting car ownership by 30% since 2001.

Those whose buck will stop if there is no progress and innovation.

"But what one loses when bucking a headwind is groundspeed, or forward progress over the ground".

This decline in groan quality is likely to be indicative of the broader decline in body condition of bucks as the rut progresses [ 38, 39] and is perceptible to other bucks, which treat late-rut groans as less threatening than early-rut groans [ 37].