Sentence examples for initiative drew from inspiring English sources

Brandis said the announcement of the new initiative drew an "extremely enthusiastic" reaction from arts organisations.

Mr. Cuomo's initiative drew praise from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has made gun control his signature cause.

That initiative drew tens of thousands of protesters into the streets; the government ended up retreating  Saturday evening from a mandatory 2015 deadline for the plan.

"A border policeman, taking the initiative, drew his weapon and eliminated the terrorist," Nir Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem, told reporters at the scene.

The initiative drew a caustic response from the main political opposition, the leftist party Syriza, which accused Mr. Samaras of "cynicism and hypocrisy" for announcing the tax cut a few hours before a parliamentary vote on new austerity measures that calls for thousands of layoffs and wage cuts in the Civil Service.

But that IRS initiative drew criticism from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, who didn't think the agency should be taking it upon itself to contravene Congress.

The summit meeting here was a Brazilian initiative drawn up this year and initially intended to focus on issues of economics, trade and infrastructure.

The initiative draws on existing projects to show that the numbers stack up.

It employs a novel technique of training by group initiative, drawing its inspiration from the professional experience of the participants.

But the intelligence reports indicate that the Assad government has regained the tactical initiative, drawing on Hezbollah fighters, Syria government militias and its advantage in heavy weaponry.

Another will be an initiative, drawing on his time as the Education Secretary, to intervene with troubled young people before they fall foul of the law.