Sentence examples for the muster of from inspiring English sources

The map must also pass the muster of the Justice Department, to ensure that minorities' rights under the Voting Rights Act are upheld, and the commission is in regular contact with the federal government, Mr. Hum noted.

Just as laudable as the proposals, he said, is that the plan was completed just four weeks after the state, anticipating that an earlier draft would not meet the muster of an oversight panel appointed to monitor the changes, turned the project over to the acting commissioner of human services, James M. Davy.

Osbon cites June 1 as a day to watch; that's the deadline General Motors has for putting forward a restructuring plan that will pass the muster of President Obama.

From every side came news of mass meetings, speeches, resolutions, tenders of business support, the muster of companies and regiments, the determined action of governors and legislatures".

Hawking said heaven's a fairy tale for people afraid of the dark, and that passes the muster of "Everything I've Been Told About Reality is Totally Wrong 101," but I expect something a little less glib from a mind like his.

The mustering of residents was no small accomplishment in itself, Mr. Uberti said.

In August 1862, the department assigned him to oversee the mustering of Indiana volunteer troops in Indianapolis, where he employed his keen organizational skills to raise new units.

He made full use of the traditional Frankish annual assembly, the mustering of those called to military service in a context which highlighted the common bond entailed in their willingness to follow their leader into war.

Emperor Alexius, who had doubtless anticipated the mustering of some sort of auxiliary force, apparently soon realized that he would have to provide for and police a much larger influx of warriors.

All his familiar rhetorical devices were there: the mustering of vast quantities of numbers and statistics to convey gravity, the bent-finger wagging, the dramatic flares like "I want you to listen to this".

This signal confusion led to delays in the mustering of militia companies.