Sentence examples for had ever approved from inspiring English sources

But it was far more than Congress had ever approved before.

The 7-to-6 vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee — which came after years of efforts by gay rights advocates and a day of emotionally charged testimony by dozens of supporters and opponents of the bill — was the first time any legislative body in the state had ever approved a gay marriage bill.

Whilst the king was at Waltham, in Essex, a proclamation was issued condemning the rebels and denying that he had ever approved of their actions.

It is the largest development the agency has ever approved.

"We think that my case is the only time a federal court has ever approved a safety plan for a defendant," she told me.

The European Union is entitled to impose up to $4 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American exports -- a reprisal far bigger than any the W.T.O. has ever approved.

"I have reason to believe that this merger is, in fact, a merger to duopoly with few efficiencies in a market with high entry barriers — something no court has ever approved," Ms. Brill wrote.

When your period crime drama comes to HBO with some of the biggest budgets the network has ever approved – and possibly the biggest expectations since "The Sopranos" – maybe you expect that your show will be an Emmy darling in its very first season.

"The FDA knows more about MDMA right now than any drug that they've ever approved in their entire history," he says, pointing to a wealth of literature generated, ironically, by MDMA's illegal status.

"This type of matching fund program goes way beyond anything the FEC has ever approved before".

The version included in the new omnibus bill is the most comprehensive to date, stripping ACORN of any funding it might receive under any piece of legislation Congress has ever approved.