Sentence examples for push provisions from inspiring English sources

A top Army commander, Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace, said the removal of Saddam Hussein could take longer than expected and the army had paused to allow quartermasters to push provisions forward and to secure the rear area.

For example, the country has played a central role in pushing provisions that require robust and transparent oversight of how emissions are monitored, verified and reported.

Leaked drafts of the U.S. position show that the government is pushing provisions to tighten intellectual property laws that will make price-busting generic competition impossible.

The Older Americans Act could allow advocates to push for provisions that benefit older LGBT Americans.

After the May general election, the government said it would push independent provision further.

And the United States is even pushing for provisions that would allow surgical procedures to be patented – provisions that may be currently against US law.

But in that time, opposition has grown and bank lobbyists have fought her plan, what they call the "push out" provision.

In the Obama White House, Mr. Furman was central in the construction of the stimulus bill, pushing for provisions to aid low-income families, former colleagues said.

Already, humanitarian assistance has been exempted and oil companies have successfully pushed through provisions to allow for some government aid -- through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade Development Agency -- aimed at helping American companies doing business in Azerbaijan.

Industry lobbyists — and sympathetic members of Congress — are pushing for provisions to undercut a central pillar of the legislation, known as the Volcker Rule, which would forbid banks from using their own money to make risky wagers on the market and would force them to sell off hedge funds and private equity units.

The story noted that the Howard Hughes Corporation alone "paid $300,000 to the tiny Washington consulting firm of [Reid's] son-in-law Steven Barringer to push a provision allowing the company to acquire 998 acres of federal land ripe for development" in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.