Sentence examples for request to pass from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bunning had been acting on his own in blocking the Democratic request to pass the legislation extending the programs for one month while Congress worked on a more permanent solution.

Similarly, Florida Power and Light said in January that it would not proceed beyond licensing with plans to build two new reactors at its Turkey Point site, after the Florida Public Service Commission rejected its request to pass on a $1.27 billion cost increase to its users.

The Democratic majority in the State Assembly rejected Gov. George E. Pataki's request to pass a complex health care bill today that would give raises to hospital workers, financing them in part with a $1 billion windfall from an insurance company.

Accordingly, all contact with current teachers included a request to pass on an invitation to be involved in the study, to any known former colleagues.

President Lincoln, upon hearing of the Gettysburg results, refused Stephens's request to pass through the lines.

Not one single Democratic Senator was willing to say no to the unanimous consent request to pass Tuesday's legislation to repeal part of the presidential financing system.

They were also colluding with counterparts at other banks, making and receiving requests to pass on to their respective submitters.

One imagines many polite requests to pass the gravy boat down to Ray's end of the table being ignored.

She did admit to receiving e-mail or Facebook messages occasionally with requests to pass on information to her father, which she found invasive.

Even if talks did go beyond polite requests to pass the salt, full-scale negotiation is a long way off.Yet the Saudi initiative to bring the sides together comes at an opportune time, when interests may start slowly to converge towards a negotiated solution.

The participants were also requested to pass the study-information sheet and questionnaire to their acquaintances.