Sentence examples for firmly passed from inspiring English sources

It seems the method by which McGrath was able to claim 157 wickets in 30 Ashes Tests has now been firmly passed on.

Whether  government - to whom the ball has now been firmly passed by Leveson -  will show support for  the essential regulation he asserts is required, or whether he will bow under the pressure of powerful, publishing scaremongers and ignore or delay Leveson's recommendations, remains to be seen.

I especially liked the way Robinson-Clarke firmly instructed passing mountain-bikers to stop and walk their bikes past us.

Tracyanne Campbell's songs prove that this particular musical mantle has been passed firmly to the girls.

Theatrical and musical entertainments, having once been stately performances designed to flatter their patrons, had passed firmly into the hands of the punters buying the tickets.

Mason notes that Constantine had now "passed firmly into the consciousness as a British treasure".

The nearly seven years that he spent in exile would have been enough to break the spirit of most men, but Sakharov seemed, if anything, to gain inner strength and to uphold his principles even more firmly as time passed.

The heads were immediately pressed more firmly and then passed through two layers of muslin as before with additional washings of the mortar with 2 3 mL isolation medium.

While Mr. Pataki has firmly denounced the budget passed by the Legislature, he stopped short of saying he would categorically veto an increase in the sales tax for New York City.

This dance showed one variation after another of allongée (elongated) arabesque, with a single extended line passing firmly through arm, torso and leg.

Our struggle to ensure equal rights and fulfill the promise of the American Dream is ongoing -- and I firmly believe that passing comprehensive immigration reform is an important step forward in realizing the promise of our nation.