Sentence examples for obtains passage from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

By using the same tactics of aggressive leadership, Roosevelt in 1906 also obtained passage of a Meat Inspection Act and a Pure Food and Drug Act.

Charging that Grattan had not gone far enough in his reforms, Flood obtained passage of a measure requiring the British Parliament to renounce all claims to control of Irish legislation.

In March 1941, after a bitter debate in Congress, Roosevelt obtained passage of the Lend-Lease Act, which enabled the United States to accept noncash payment for military and other aid to Britain and its allies.

Then in quick succession he obtained passage of a rural-credits measure to supply cheap long-term credit to farmers; anti-child-labour and federal workmen's-compensation legislation; the Adamson Act, establishing the eight-hour day for interstate railroad workers; and measures for federal aid to education and highway construction.