Sentence examples for occasion to push from inspiring English sources
With the field now narrowed to two, the debate on Wednesday "gives Sarkozy an occasion to push a bit the story of his legacy and contrast it with Hollande's program," Mr. Vallet said.
As American officials have for months, Mr. Biden was likely to use the occasion to push the Pakistani military for operations in North Waziristan, where insurgents run a virtual ministate, training militants and organizing attacks against NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Mr. de Blasio also used the occasion to push for mayoral control of the city's schools, which the State Legislature will consider renewing this year in what has become a testy annual ritual.
Besides trying to execute the amateurish choreography of Melissa Rae Mahon and Sean McKnight, they are also forced on occasion to push or carry the furniture (designed by Michael Hotopp) offstage.
Rather than celebrate past glories, the fashion designer — who has lent his name to pantsuits, toilets and cigarettes as well as haute couture — used the occasion to push his next venture: plans for a towering palazzo that will, he hopes, take Venice into the future.
The mayor used the occasion to push back on criticism of conditions in public housing by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has in recent weeks made a series of appearances with tenants, touring apartments and underscoring the need for changes at the agency.
Whenever I have the occasion to try to push myself to persevere, the thought and the words to express it are ready made.
It is also an occasion to continue to push forward on progressive change and achieve the ADA's intended purpose: To fully integrate workers with disabilities into the broader fabric of community and make America a true leader in inclusivity and diversity.
That the hope it occasioned helped him to push back a lifetime's hatred and despair and, no less than the retreat to Paris or Istanbul, made it possible for him to write at all?
Still others want to use the occasion as an opportunity to push for concessions on other issues.
Asked to say pretty much the same thing in Spanish for a Spanish-language sports report, Valentine for that rare occasion abstained, apparently not wanting to push his luck.
