Sentence examples for forced passage from inspiring English sources

"Democrats forced passage of the controversial cap and trade legislation.

The Spanish regrouped and forced passage to the shore, where their discipline collapsed and a frantic scramble for the boats ensued, leaving the Spanish vulnerable to the pursuing Maya warriors who waded into the sea behind them.

Shortly afterwards a French squadron forced passage into the harbour and Captain Samuel Pym ordered the four frigates of the blockade squadron to attack the ships anchored in the bay.

The Spanish regrouped in a defensive formation and forced passage to the shore, where their discipline collapsed and a frantic scramble for the boats ensued, leaving the Spanish vulnerable to the pursuing Maya warriors who waded into the sea behind them.

The sperm selection techniques that are currently in routine use mostly rely on a brief motility challenge [swim-up] or a forced passage through a differential gradient.

The answer would seem to lie in an earlier human migration: the forced passage of 12 million souls in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

His first term saw a showdown with the courts over the financing of public schools, forcing passage of a state income tax.

Benítez will hope to register a first win against Nordsjaelland in Chelsea's final Champions League group game on Wednesday, though even victory over the Danes may not be enough to force passage into the knock-out phase.

And within the Liberal Democratic Party, the lead member of the three-party coalition, opinion has been so badly split that some commentators have said that any attempt to force passage of the bill could cause the party to break up.

Chelsea were beaten again here and must now turn over a deficit in next week's return leg in London if they are to force passage beyond Steaua Bucharest into the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

This club has waited three decades to force passage into a League Cup semi-final, but the new year will bring a collision against those same opponents from 1987, Liverpool, and thoughts of Wembley.