Sentence examples for issue held from inspiring English sources
Outside of the courthouse, groups on both sides of the issue held dueling news conferences.
Neil Kinnock led the campaign against devolution in the first referendum on the issue held in 1979.
The Agnelli family's ties with it were threatened by a convertible-bond issue held by banks, and by intense pressure for a break-up.
State lawmakers granted most Missourians the right to carry concealed guns, overriding Gov. Bob Holden's veto and reversing the outcome of a statewide election on the issue held four years ago.
Yet in a sign of the potency that the abortion issue held here, his results did not match the total votes of Mr. Forbes, Mr. Keyes and Mr. Bauer, who all criticized Mr. Bush as being soft on the question.
If recent public meetings on the issue held by the Army Corps of Engineers are any measure, little has changed, despite a new study by the corps that says the two counties have enough offshore sand for at least 50 years.
The issue holding up a deal was not financial but political, officials said.
"It's the most critical issue holding back Africa's development".
Whistleblower suits are not the only issue holding up the creation of the Medicaid inspector general's office.
Democrats and women's group seized the issue, holding news conferences and declaring Mr. Schwarzenegger unfit to govern.
The United States and China have narrowed their differences over farm subsidies, the thorniest issue holding up Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization.
