Sentence examples for table the matter from inspiring English sources

The Council then voted unanimously to table the matter.

The board fell two votes short of the nine required to approve the full slate of candidates; then, 10 trustees voted to table the matter of Mr. Kushner.

It was even more surprising, he said, that the board voted overwhelmingly, 11 to 1, to table the matter of Mr. Kushner rather than take it up again at once.

But when the full slate did not muster a majority of the 17 trustees, 10 of the board members, again including Mr. Schmidt, voted to table the matter of honoring Mr. Kushner, effectively denying him the degree because the board would not be meeting again before John Jay's graduation.

Ten trustees, including the chairman, Benno C. Schmidt Jr., voted to table the matter, effectively denying Mr. Kushner the degree, since the board would not meet again before the graduation ceremony for the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which had proposed awarding the degree.

Mr. Schmidt did not return telephone calls on Friday, but said through a CUNY spokesman that he, too, had voted to table the matter "because there was insufficient support for the complete package" and "some trustees felt more information was needed".

While we endured eight years' worth of anticipation that the pay ratio disclosure might be tabled, the matter has been settled and it appears here to stay.

Lodge, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had the treaty printed, announced that he would convene hearings on the subject, and then all but tabled the matter.

After tabling the matter in October, the Glendale City Council this week made its displeasure with the large pole signs known, and directed officials to come up with ways to force companies to remove them in accordance with city codes sooner, rather than later.

Pace Chait, it is precisely "the specifics of the demands on the table" that matter here: If the Republicans had started this debate where Yuval Levin would like them to be positioned, and where sources within the House have hinted that Boehner would like to be positioned, there would be every reason for the two parties to be at the table hashing out a deal.

While several business deals have been reached — for things like commemorative coins, a line of school supplies and a $150 coffee table book — the matter of untangling Mr. Jackson's vast estate, assets and debt, goes on, as does wrangling with family members.