Sentence examples for milestone that was from inspiring English sources

The Dodd-Frank Act turned a year old on Thursday, a milestone that was supposed to be Day One of many new rules for Wall Street.

One milestone that was reached, which got far less attention than it would have on any other day, was that the Dow became the last major American index to fall more than 20percentt from its peak.

On Feb. 6, 2012, Queen Elizabeth II reached the 60th anniversary of her accession to the British throne, a milestone that was followed in June (to coincide with her June 2 , 1953 coronation) by four days of national celebration, including two days' public holiday, to formally commemorate her Diamond Jubilee.

It should have been a time for rowdy celebration: this year, after all, marked the festival's 25th anniversary, a milestone that was largely eclipsed by the grim economic climate that thinned the crowds and fueled the nervous chatter on the icy streets.

99th over: India 263-1 (Gambhir 143, Dravid 109) Paul Collingwood is on in place of Broad, and Gambhir tucks him off the pads for two to reach 1000 Test runs for the year, a milestone that was clearly on his mind.

Ahmed: Shipping our products, building networks and, in fact, achieving sort of an interesting milestone that was actually making the company operate on its own at a break-even level.

Not a day goes by when I don't think about her and miss her, and this feeling is magnified on the milestone that is now Sept. 11.

AEG will not take over responsibility for maintaining the shell until the contracts are signed and planning permission is granted for the entire peninsula plan, a milestone that is not expected to be reached before early next year.

My son recently passed a developmental milestone that is not mentioned in any parenting magazine I know of and yet is, I believe, one of the major choices he will make in the course of his life.

According to a report issued Thursday by the United States Government Accountability Office, a higher proportion of women finish high school than men, a milestone that is a minimum requirement for any job mobility.

In June, the start-up, which has raised $26 million from investment firms including Spark Capital, Fuse Capital and Goldman Sachs, celebrated a milestone that is unique to the Internet: the one-billion-view mark.