Sentence examples for obtain passage from inspiring English sources

He recalls seeing a group of European Jews in London — "ghosts" amid the "pitiful ruins of their lives" — frantically trying to obtain passage to various distant countries.

"The Brady bill could have saved my husband's life," she said in explaining her efforts to help obtain passage of the legislation.

Hudson helped obtain passage of an act of Parliament to raise capital for the York and North Midland Railway, of which he subsequently became chairman.

Returning to his seat in the Lords, he helped obtain passage of the Petition of Right, which condemned arbitrary imprisonment and taxation by the king.

This act, that Nancy Goodman and many in the childhood cancer community worked so hard to obtain passage of, creates incentives for drug manufacturers to develop new compounds for childhood specific diseases, including cancer.

As I understand it, this seldom-used maneuver would if still available enable Majority Leader Reid to obtain passage of a health care bill with 51 not 60 votes.

The narrator obtains passage on a boat named Bird of the River.

Eventually, she reached the French Pyrenees, and in 1941, obtained passage to New York.

Since the legal grounds for Arnim's prosecution had been doubtful, Bismarck obtained passage of the Arnim Paragraph in 1876.

In the 1930s it took a major part in formulating and obtaining passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Acts of 1933 and 1938.

In some cases unions have obtained passage of building codes and other legislation ostensibly designed to ensure public safety but actually embodying featherbedding practices.