Sentence examples for down passage from inspiring English sources

The Kurds' most recent tactic to push the central government to work with them has been to block needed legislation, slowing down passage of a provincial powers law, the election law and the oil law, according to the International Crisis Group report.

In it he has jotted down passages and quotations that had touched him.

He read fast, noted in a diary his impressions of a book, and copied down passages that appealed to him.

Berlioz excels at raw bigness; the overtures, in particular, are striking for the hugeness of their movement, sending the whole massed body of instruments cascading down passages of rapid runs, conjuring up the image of an elephant gracefully negotiating en pointe.

And, in a potentially stark sign of the discomfort provoked among many bishop, even this watered-down passage failed to pass the two-thirds majority needed for it to be approved.

There was a slight retention of SYP132 in the BFA compartments of wild-type seedling roots, which probably reflects slowed-down passage of newly-synthesized proteins through the TGN.

"But all questions aside, I cannot put 'Southern Cross the Dog' down and passage after passage of remarkable writing and unforgettable characters will propel me to the end".

All three of the voted-down passages were nonetheless inserted in the published version of the final synod document Saturday, along with the vote tally, on the orders of Francis.

'Rum old girl,' said Mr Jingles as he walked down the passage".

A lone cowboy from Alberta held down the passage by the elevator banks.

With shaking legs Solly went lumbering inside and down the passage and opened the front door.