Sentence examples similar to check a major from inspiring English sources

Jim Stearns, Seattle: Was there not a time when a congressman would hold in check an attack upon a major U.S. foreign policy until the president completed a foreign visit and returned to the United States?

He cites the failure of a background checks bill a major disappointment and a "mistake" for Congress.

The top officials of 39 airports, which handle most of the nation's air travelers, have warned the secretary of transportation that air travel will be seriously disrupted in January unless Congress delays the Dec. 31 deadline for screening all checked bags, a major defense against terrorism.

Former President Jimmy Carter is close to checking off a major bucket-list item: ending a horrific and ancient disease.

Trudeau checked off a major campaign promise on his first day as prime minister: Appointing a gender-balanced cabinet, with 15 men and 15 women.

The German budget airline, the low-cost subsidiary of national carrier Lufthansa, said the plane had been given a routine maintenance check by Lufthansa technicians on Monday, while its last C-check – a major inspection that can take a plane out of service for a week – was conducted according to the manufacturer's schedule in 2013.

Then Dr. Stetter and his staff figured out a way to train Animal Kingdom's gorillas to be still and cooperative during ultrasounds and blood pressure checks, a major advantage in helping pinpoint the state of their health.

Page A11 National DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM TRAINING PERFECT PATIENTS Dr. Mark Stetter, the director of animal operations for Disney's animal programs, and his staff figured out a way to train Animal Kingdom's gorillas to be still and cooperative during ultrasounds and blood pressure checks, a major advantage in helping pinpoint the state of their health.

Source data in the data set passed the quality control; the control content included format checks, missing data checks, threshold checks, major range checks, internal consistency checks, comprehensive analyses of quality control, and data quality mark.

This involved checking a list of all major trauma patients from VSTORM (n = 1,096) against the three EMS datasets.

The amount of wear in the jackscrew is tested on every second "C check," which is a major overhaul.