Sentence examples for public groundwork from inspiring English sources

Senior administration officials said that Mr. Ridge's comments today -- which came as he and other officials continued to express their delight over the weekend capture of a senior Qaeda operative, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed -- were an effort to lay the public groundwork for a decision soon to put the nation on a higher level of alert and take other actions to prepare for a domestic terrorist strike.

The sponsors said the campaign is to raise public awareness and lay groundwork for alternatives.

Legal restrictions played a part, but a shift in the perception of smokers — from cultured to crude — laid the groundwork for public support of smoking bans.

From the United Nations and wealthy governments to public health groups and foundation researchers, the groundwork is being laid for an broad campaign against the epidemic in Africa and Asia.

The company began laying the groundwork for a public offering last fall, interviewing bankers in early November before choosing Morgan Stanley, Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch and JPMorgan Chase as its three lead advisers.

Worked with him for 15 years before he became a public company, and laid the groundwork for one of the fairy-tale stories of New York commercial real estate.

Several other newspaper companies, including Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company, have each isolated their Internet assets in a single division, laying the groundwork for later public offerings if they choose to move in that direction.

Polman points to the importance of preparing the groundwork before going public, Cancelling quarterly reporting and changing the way employees are incentivised were two key ways of moving the company away from concentrating on the short-term.

A State Supreme Court justice ruled yesterday that an obscure 127-year-old provision of the City Charter could provide the legal groundwork for a public inquiry into Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's disclosure of the sealed criminal record of Patrick M. Dorismond last March.

A jobs bill that cuts taxes for the middle class and invests in the future; a health care system that doesn't bankrupt people when they get sick; and public schools that lay the groundwork for children to take advantage of all the future holds.

Police officials said the report laid the groundwork for a public policy debate over the growing concern about homegrown terrorism and would serve as a tool for law enforcement to better understand threats in the United States compared with threats by Al Qaeda members overseas.