Sentence examples for down the resolution from inspiring English sources

When Coburn sat down, the resolution was tabled — in effect, killed.

It was for precisely that reason that some senators, led by Joseph Biden and Richard Lugar, struggled unsuccessfully to narrow down the resolution.

It was hoped that consensus would be achieved on Saturday, only for Japan and Namibia to propose a number of amendments that would have watered down the resolution so it would merely call for nations to regulate themselves.

Minutes before the adoption, Egypt presented an amendment that would have added criteria for the repatriation of entire contingents, a move US ambassador Samantha Power said would have "watered down" the resolution.

"The politics of election year in both countries are slowing down the resolution of admittedly vexed issues in an environment of persistent mistrust," said Maleeha Lodhi, a former Pakistani ambassador to Washington.

The vote, 24 to 15 with eight abstentions, followed an exhaustive campaign by Sri Lanka to strike down the resolution, including bringing along a high-powered delegation of more than 70 people for the deliberations.

The experiment showed that the device could detect ion flow, down to the resolution of about 10 ions.

Now that the highly contentious confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh is winding down, will the resolution dampen the fervor of recent activism?

The Hα filtergrams reveal an active region filament and surges consisting of thread-like structures which have widths similar to the widths of chromospheric fibrils, both recorded down to the resolution limit in the best images.

For planar printed technologies this comes down to the resolution of the printing process which determines the minimum track width that can be produced and also puts a limit on how close the lines can be placed to each other.

Further, even though contract defenses, e.g., duress and unconscionability, slow down the dispute resolution process, federal arbitration law normally leaves such matters to the States.