Sentence examples for did in passing from inspiring English sources

Governments might do more to criminalise attempts to break these barriers, as Congress did in passing the DMCA.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what he and the rest of the Obama administration did in passing the Affordable Care Act.

To what degree do you look at what Senator Packwood and Representative Rostenkowski did, in passing tax reform more than 20 years ago, as your model?

The momentum is certainly present to expand the privacy protections afforded to electronic information because Congress rarely shows the type of unanimity the House did in passing the bill.

With all apologies to Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, Republicans are no longer waiting for recessions to enrich their wealthiest supporters -- as they did in passing GW Bush's tax cuts during the 2001 recession and in 2003 that caused the largest budget deficit in history, precipitating the Great Recession.

Which is strange, when you think we've had a thousand Beatles books these last 40 years, from people who never met them, to lawyers who did in passing, chauffeurs who once drove them and scruffs who stood outside their offices hoping for autographs.

It can be formal, by way of appraisal, or simply a "well done" in passing – but make sure feedback is regularly given.

House Republicans routinely herald the hard work they have done in passing the 30-some "jobs bills" in the slideshow below, while they antagonize the Senate for its failure to act on the measures.

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans routinely beat the drum about the hard work they have done in passing "more than 30 jobs bills" that are now before the Democrat-controlled Senate, going nowhere, as the economy gasps for air.

Mr. Leight does, in passing, acknowledge the point about black innovation, however disingenuously.

He's got some work to do in pass protection, but in the run game, he has no interior equal.