Sentence examples for parliament steps from inspiring English sources

Making his announcement about the protest on the Parliament steps, Mr. Gachechiladze said the purpose would be to call Mr. Saakashvili to account for Georgia's losses in the August war against Russia over the disputed enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Back on the parliament steps, Giles used the same sentiment that Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed when she won the party's support from Kevin Rudd.

A future the suffragettes would have been proud of is possible – it's time parliament stepped up to help build it.

From the other side, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group that controls the Parliament, stepped up a series of attacks on Mr. Aboul Fotouh as being close to a liberal heretic.

The Muslim Brotherhood, the popular Islamist group positioned to win a major role in the new Parliament, stepped up its own preparations for the possibility of mayhem around the elections.

In the aftermath, in 1858 the British parliament stepped in to take direct control of its Indian possessions, nationalised the private army of the company and put an end to its 258-year existence in India.

Parliament took steps to ban the publication of opinion polls in the week before all elections, with penalties of up to two years in prison and a $107,000 fine.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Sept. 26 — The Kazakhstan Parliament took steps on Wednesday to grant the government the right to alter or cancel international energy contracts unilaterally should they run counter to the country's interests.

[C6.] REVISING ENERGY CONTRACTS The Kazakhstan Parliament took steps to grant the government the right to alter or cancel international energy contracts unilaterally should they run counter to the country's interests.

"Japan is finally emerging from deflation … we need to pass legislation through parliament for steps to beat deflation and create a strong economy as soon as possible," Amari told a packed news conference.

In his push for a new constitution that would abolish term limits and give him more power after 10 years as president, Mr. Tandja dissolved a high court that ruled against his bid to remain in office; dismissed a fractious Parliament; took steps to muzzle the press, including shutting down a radio and television station; and arrested opposition leaders.