Sentence examples for it was being debated from inspiring English sources

They were tear-gassed when they approached parliament as it was being debated, to try to deliver a document criticising its content.

Nineteen Egyptian rights groups signed a joint statement last week condemning the bill while it was being debated.

Indeed, insurance companies expressed concern about certain provisions in the Affordable Care Act when it was being debated in 2009, and lobbied to shape some of the rules.

But this claim would be more convincing if his oratory about the program today had been matched by action when it was being debated.

That question, or something like it, was being debated before Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Mark V. Mooney on Monday, in a case called Marathon Funding vs. Paramount.

When it was being debated in 1916, The Literary Digest saw it as a trick to make "people get up earlier by telling them it is later than it really is".

Arab anti-Semitism festers, although at least in Tunisia it's being debated.

"Clearly, it is being debated still in the House of Lords and I would not want to prejudge those discussions.

It's being debated at length with every single member of that party room allowed the opportunity to speak.

It is beneficial it is being debated, and probably for the Bank of England, allowing it to question its policies knowing there is support for a change if it decides that is necessary," he said.

Whether the blackout will be viewed in retrospect as an extreme measure by a panic-stricken government or a prudent move that saved lives, the motives behind it are being debated in Kashmir.