Sentence examples for proceedings to get from inspiring English sources

The A.C.L.U. had to threaten him with contempt proceedings to get him to comply with the court order.

Back in Cárdenas, Elián's father Juan Miguel had learned of the disaster and had begun proceedings to get his son back.

Mayor Bloomberg decided that legal action could be necessary, administration officials said, directing the city's corporation counsel, Michael A. Cardozo, to begin proceedings to get a court order preventing Con Edison from turning off the power to the homes.

My plan was to graft myself to the proceedings, to get a flavor for what happens when some of the world's most unlikely places (uh, Kassel?) are showered with serious cash and temporarily altered — converted, in effect, into micro-worlds, lands unto themselves.

They then launched legal proceedings to get custody.

Peter Sachs, 71, only became aware of the collection in 2005, and immediately began legal proceedings to get them back.

(Rather bizarrely it has chosen to take a 15-minute pause in the middle of proceedings, perhaps to get journalists to review the lists).

I always feel I can legitimately lose myself in proceedings, only to get all reflective between naps in the back of a car on my way home.

You'd think their lies sprang from the mouth of some vindictive ex-wife as she stonewalls divorce proceedings, trying not to get dumped for Sheryl Crow.

A solicitor for Linklaters earned a rebuke from Leveson for interrupting the proceedings, apparently attempting to get the company's barrister to intervene.

"This is why we have bankruptcy proceedings, to try to get everyone in the same place to clean up the mess, to reconcile all the claims and figure out how much there is to be paid," Professor Pritchard said.