Sentence examples for getting the measures from inspiring English sources

He said he would begin work on getting the measures passed in 2010.

So while you might see a lot of Lib Dem huffing and puffing over the next few weeks, there is no doubt that they will support Labour in getting the measures through.

Center staff have also met with Madeleine A. Shea, the new Baltimore city assistant commissioner for healthy homes, to see about getting the measures incorporated into standard city practice.

I'm getting the measure of it now.

But actually getting the measure to a vote has been more complicated.

Just getting the measure to Mr. Christie's desk would be an important milestone.

Mr. Lieberman said the White House telephoned him on Thursday to enlist his help in getting the measure through the Senate.

The legislative question is: will the bill's sponsors succeed in getting the measure past Assembly Speaker Albio Sires?

You feel you are meeting him on the streets of Den Bosch – or 's-Hertogenbosch as he knew it – and getting the measure of the man.

But after getting the measure of the diminutive Belgian, Venus began to apply the pressure with one round-house shot after another.

A group seeking to ban the circumcision of male children in San Francisco has succeeded in getting the measure on the November ballot.