Sentence examples for summit approach from inspiring English sources

Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Republican leader, said today that the Democrats had "a legitimate point," and persuaded Senate Republicans to go along with the summit approach.

But the debate was put aside as the summit approached.

But, as the summit approaches, two new faces are being pushed forward.

As the summit approaches, Ban has been working hard to rope in high-level support to avoid "meeting fatigue" and to keep the event on track.

Last October, when more than 300 refugees from north Africa drowned off the coast of Lampedusa in Italy, there was an outcry as an EU summit approached.

With the Nato summit approaching in September, there have been concerns that the lack of political coordination would negatively effect the already imperilled security transition, making the situation ripe for talks of a soft coup that would restore order.

As the November G20 leaders summit approaches in Brisbane, the Australian Government has already scrubbed the words "climate change" from the meeting agenda, which will focus on driving economic growth.

As the Paris summit approaches, Keep it in the ground, the Guardian's climate campaign that launched in March, is making a shift in direction to tap into a rare commodity in the climate debate - hope.

As the United Nations "millennium summit" approached in early September in New York City, there was some optimism among the moderate Arabs that a formula might be found for the holy sites in the Old City that was acceptable to Mr. Arafat.

France's president, Jacques Chirac, is keen to commit the Union to a robust defence posture in which France would be prominent.Fears of an unseemly bust-up between the two countries which would form the heart of any serious European military force Britain and France were running high as the summit approached.

Which brings me to two disappointing articles from prominent Democrats as the president's summit approaches.