Sentence examples for had begun drafting from inspiring English sources

That would change two years later, after the government had begun drafting detainees into the military.

Officials had begun drafting a work permit scheme for seafarers to address illegality in 2008.

As Coster-Mullen drove, I examined a scale drawing of Little Boy that he had begun drafting in 1995.

The council said it had begun drafting enforcement notices for caravans on the "overcrowded" legal site in Essex.

The opinion — by Judge Judith Rogers, a Clinton appointee, and Chief Justice Douglas Ginsburg, a Reagan appointee — shocked legal scholars and officials at the F.D.A., which had begun drafting proposals aimed at increasing patients' access to experimental drugs.

E. Richard Mills, the department's chief spokesman, confirmed that the agency had begun drafting new rules, but said it was unclear whether the regulations would have the overall effect of tightening or loosening export controls.

Congressional tax and budget leaders have begun drafting an economic stimulus bill that Congress could act on within weeks.

Vietnam has received some praise over the last year from human rights activists as it has begun drafting a new constitution that addresses civil liberties and religious tolerance.

"The Greens have begun drafting assisted dying laws for Victoria in accordance with the inquiry recommendations," the Victorian Greens spokeswoman for health, Colleen Hartland, said.

The California Public Utilities Commission has begun drafting new pipeline safety regulations, and federal transportation officials have pressed for pipeline companies to speed up efforts to repair and replace aging oil and gas lines.

Regardless, the Pew Commission -- originally headed by Christie Whitman when she was governor of New Jersey -- has already held five of seven scheduled public meetings around the United States and has begun drafting recommendations.