Sentence examples for proceedings ground from inspiring English sources
I've never seen a show in which every time the villain (in this case Jonathan Leavy as FBI Agent Carl Hanratty) arrived onstage, the proceedings ground to a dismal halt and the show's energy evaporated into thin air.
But no matter how heated matters get, Sachs and his terrific cast keep the proceedings grounded via a naturalistic approach that is endlessly absorbing and empathetic.
Eleven news outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, were allowed access to parts of the weekend's proceedings under ground rules that allowed quoting the speakers in public sessions, but not identifying guests without their permission.
The law envisages co-operation with investigators in the administrative proceedings as grounds for leniency.
Lord Mandelson was on hand to keep proceedings firmly grounded, despite the Science Minister Lord Drayson confessing that he would "like to see human beings living on Mars".
"The release of the information now will enable the public to understand better the evidentiary record on which the Commission's decisions in those proceedings are grounded," it explained.
After losing a series of judicial efforts to overturn his arrest and contest the Spanish claim, General Pinochet saw his chances for an imminent end to the case improve sharply when Mr. Straw said last month that he was inclined to drop the proceedings on grounds of age and health.
On a cloud-stacked day that threatened rain and cast a somber light over the proceedings, workers at ground zero joined parishioners at a Lower Manhattan church that has been their sanctuary for months.
The facilitator will start the proceedings by setting ground rules, making introductions, and using warm-up exercises to set a comfortable and open environment for exchange of ideas.
Supporters defend its informal proceedings on the grounds that long-term, it saves taxpayer's money by keeping families together.
The congress has stopped live coverage of its sessions and bars journalists from its proceedings on the grounds that Libyans are not yet ready for full-blown democracy.
