Sentence examples for progress on drafting from inspiring English sources

Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori of Japan arrived here this afternoon for his first, and likely last, encounter with President Bush, as both Japanese and American officials acknowledged that they had made virtually no progress on drafting a joint statement to reassure world markets that Japan had a firm plan in place to restore economic growth.

Only then, can we begin the appropriate legislative dialogue on drafting a "progress-promoting" isolated bioproducts statute which properly balances access against innovation.

House and Senate lawmakers still are working on drafting tax reform legislation, and the best the business leaders can expect this year is that progress be made.

But there has been little progress on the drafting of a constitution, with fundamental differences separating the major parties.

The latest split in the opposition emerged as the United States, Russia and other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council were making progress on another front: drafting a Council resolution that would enforce an agreement on eliminating Syria's vast chemical weapons arsenal.

Although officials in Washington said the action would shift to the United Nations on Saturday, there was little progress on the draft resolution that the United States and Britain have proposed, as diplomats continued to talk behind scenes looking for compromise.

In a contrast to gloomier assessments on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies said the group was making progress on a draft agreement that lays out the terms of a six-month preliminary deal.

Regulators are making significant progress on a final draft of the regulation, the Volcker Rule, and some officials expected to complete it by September and possibly as early as this summer, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.