Sentence examples for leading umbrella from inspiring English sources

The new government has authorized talks with the leading umbrella group of militants, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban.

The American Council on Education, the leading umbrella group for higher education, and Coursera, a Silicon Valley provider of online education, announced on Wednesday that five Coursera offerings were similar enough to traditional college courses to be eligible for credit.

On Tuesday, the American Council on Education, the leading umbrella group for higher education, and Coursera, a Silicon Valley MOOC provider, announced a pilot project to determine whether some free online courses are similar enough to traditional college courses that they should be eligible for credit.

The leading umbrella-parties are fielding candidates known by the German name of Spitzenkandidaten, complete with a series of face-to-face debates, and have agreed that the candidate of the largest group will be parliament's choice to lead the commission.

Alice and K-Mart use Isaacs' computer to track the helicopter's flight path, leading to Umbrella's underground location.

Colette Avital, chairwoman of Israel's leading Holocaust survivors' umbrella group said, "It sounds totally macabre to me.

The surreal image shows a stereotypically-dressed banker, complete with umbrella, leading a poodle with the spaced-out face of Miliband.

The WRU and the leading English clubs' umbrella body Premier Rugby Limited have clashed over player-release issues in the past.

Yet last week, Britain's leading dance festival, Dance Umbrella, joined forces with the pressure group Dance UK to host a sell-out debate that was titled, starkly, Where Are All the Women?

Opponents of same-sex marriage have vowed to raise millions before November for the campaign for Proposition 8. "Our campaign workers and volunteers are not taking the summer off," said Dale Kelly Bankhead, a campaign manager for Equality for All, the umbrella group leading the anti-initiative effort.

The Spitzenkandidaten, the German name for leading candidates of the main umbrella groups to become president of the European Commission, claimed it was a victory for the idea of having a more personal contest for the job.