Sentence examples for initiative stood from inspiring English sources

Judges said the initiative stood out for its scale and speed and was a fundamental project to the entire institution.

Keith Richey, an M.T.A. employee with a gold tooth, suggested that it looked more like a gyro: "Lamb meat!" David Berliner, the chief operating officer of Forest City Ratner, who heads the Barclays Center's arts initiative, stood with von Rydingsvard.

Because Mr. DiFrancesco is both acting governor and president of the State Senate, his new initiative stands a good chance of winning the Legislature's approval.

Although the House passed the measure last year, the bill's supporters do not appear to have the votes to override the veto, meaning the initiative stands almost no chance of making it into law this year.

Those familiar with such ballot questions say the initiative stands virtually no chance of passing and is destined to become the latest measure to bring ridicule to San Francisco, like the failed 2008 proposition that would have barred the police from enforcing laws against prostitution.

For IFTTT, the public data initiative stands to breathe some new life into a platform that in recent years is perhaps best known for letting you automate quirky things in your smart home.

One fundraising initiative stands out clearly as the most bizarre of all: a proposal to import and sell 1 million surplus World War II-vintage M-1 and other rifles being stored by the government of South Korea, dividing proceeds with another veterans organization.

This initiative stands alongside NATO's Partnership for Peace Program and the Mediterranean Dialogue.

The initiative stands as the first-ever daily newscast on social media hosted by an evening news anchor. .

We are pleased to announce that the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative stand willing and ready to accept Major General Dominic Ongwen home to face justice through the use of Mato Oput.

The initiative stands in sharp contrast with the responses, or rather the lack thereof, in many of the neighboring comunas.