Sentence examples for holding round from inspiring English sources
With Mr. Obama making repeated trips to Silicon Valley and holding round tables with executives there, the technology industry has donated about $14 million to the president and the Democrats, substantially more than in 2008.
Now administration officials are openly making nice with Syria, holding round after round of talks with Iran over the fate of Iraq, and making preliminary plans for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to visit Libya.
Cameron signalled that Vince Cable, the business secretary – whose department will be holding round table discussions with investors next week – was also planning to make it easier to understand what directors were earning and change the mix of non-executive directors on company boards who currently set directors' pay.
Unsurprisingly, Luis says that holding round tables and meet-and-greets doesn't really constitute taking action when compared with, say, finding and prosecuting the hit men who have threatened and murdered his colleagues.
Unsurprsingly, Luis says holding round table meet 'n' greets doesn't really constitute taking action compared to, say, finding and prosecuting the hit men that have threatened and murdered his colleagues.
Now they move freely about the city, organising weekly rallies and holding round-table discussions in coffee shops and restaurants.
In Poland, the government had lifted the ban on the Solidarity trade union and was holding round-table talks on a more democratic future.
Invoking cloture on debate (i.e., limiting or ending a debate by calling for a vote) and holding round-the-clock sessions to tire the minority are measures used to defeat a filibuster.
Opposition leaders and the Communist authorities, who were holding round-table discussions when the rampage broke out, suspended their talks and drove to the scene, appealing through loudspeakers for calm.
The talks picked up pace over the weekend, with bankers in New York and officials in Washington holding round-the-clock conference calls, according to people involved in the talks.
Convinced that immigration authorities will swoop in to take Elian away, the family's supporters are holding round-the-clock vigils at the uncle's Little Havana home and have compiled phone lists to mobilize people at all hours of the night.
