Sentence examples for passed means from inspiring English sources

Fine idea, but in Albany, getting a bill passed means making a deal.

The continuing attempt to get the closed material and secret court provisions of the justice and security bill passed means that the government is now committed to a cover-up – precisely the opposite of what Cameron promised in 2010.

Welcoming the outcome of the court hearing, the family said it would "bring an element of resolution in that the sentence passed means the public is protected from this man".

By last spring, district officials say, a decade of turnover since the law was passed meant that administrators at Stadium Elementary were unaware of it, and the P.T.O.

That coincides with the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum which, when passed, meant that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians were counted in the census.

Economic development, accelerating steadily as the years passed, meant a newly monied middle class, and new airlines to take them to business meetings and beaches.

Each minute that passed meant another minute that I had frittered away.

"And every day that passes means more suffering and danger for the families we left behind".

That gives "Nightline" an edge because in late night, every minute that passes means more viewers are off to bed.

"Every day that passes means tens of new Syrian civilian deaths," said a draft statement obtained by Reuters.

This allows individuals to buy long-term care insurance through state assistance programs without having to pass means tests.