Sentence examples for shelving the issue from inspiring English sources

The Legislature in Onondaga County, which includes Syracuse, is considering reversing an earlier vote against a ban, though a dispute on how strict the new measure would be resulted today in legislators' shelving the issue.

The UN shelved the issue then & nothing has been done.

Europe's national leaders opted to shelve the issue.

French bureaucrats looked for reasons to shelve the issue.

Perhaps he thought, by handing over to a committee, to shelve the issue.

Fifa has decided to shelve the issue of whether the 2022 World Cup is played in winter or summer until February 2015 at the earliest.

The president's stance has effectively shelved the issue for now, and the power shortages that roiled the West Coast earlier this year took more steam out of the idea.

Their demand came a day after E.U. transport ministers decided to shelve the issue of state aid – at least until the volcanic ash dissipates and normal travel conditions are restored.

The Brussels summit was expected to shelve the issue until another meeting at the end of next month, and focus instead on the elections aftermath and policy priorities for the new legislature.

Corbyn's mandate for policy change is stronger than ever, but even so there are clearly voices within his party that seek to obstruct the democratic policy process and shelve the issue.

After a marathon of impassioned speeches, behind-the-scenes political maneuvering and an 11th-hour filibuster, Massachusetts legislators were unable Thursday to reach an agreement on gay marriage and shelved the issue for a month.