Sentence examples for primary forces behind from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dart was best known as one of the primary forces behind the Americans With Disabilities Act, which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George Bush, with Mr. Dart at his side, in 1990.

"Dare to dream that the dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom," Nigel Farage, the leader of the U.K. Independence Party, one of the primary forces behind the push for a referendum on leaving the European Union, told cheering supporters just after 4 a.m.

We must try to understand the primary forces behind the changes that are shaking our societies, instead of finding fault with the efforts governments are making to solve age-old problems, made vastly more complex by the new problems of growth and by the interaction of global crosscurrents.

I don't think the charge stands up to scrutiny, however.In the first place, the savings glut and massive international increase in property prices (and subsequent, international crash of same) suggests that issues of domestic policy in America were not the primary forces behind the housing boom.

Over the last century melting glaciers and the physical expansion of warming ocean waters have been the primary forces behind the spike in sea levels, which rose and fell much more gradually during the preceding millennia.

One of the interns, Juan Perez, was a primary force behind the Julia de Burgos Pocket Park.

In fact, these officials said, Mr. Cheney was the primary force behind bringing Mr. Baker aboard.

It has become increasingly apparent that Dolan is the primary force behind the Knicks' pursuit.

The often unacknowledged premise is that individual agency is the primary force behind effective innovation.

Lamar Smith, a congressman from Texas, was the primary force behind a set of sweeping reforms to both legal and illegal immigration.

The Diamondbacks have two of the league's best pitchers, Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, but Gonzalez has been the primary force behind the team's strong first half.