Sentence examples for took a proactive from inspiring English sources

Even with Cairo's throw-up-your-hands traffic jams the day before the pyramids ritual, they took a proactive approach.

Mr. Belote, who divides his time between homes in Atlanta and WaterColor, said he "kind of took a proactive approach".

Across the rotunda, Senator Debbie Stabenow, the Michigan Democrat who is chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, took a proactive approach to working with the leadership and ferrying the Senate version of the legislation to passage.

"We never took a proactive role in deciding what the country needed to get back on its feet and then asking the donors to finance those priorities instead of doing their own thing," she said.

"When these things started popping up we said, 'Whoa — this could cause problems,' so we took a proactive stance," said Robert Hiscox, chairman of Prospect's planning and zoning commission.

With a degree in architecture from Cornell, Mr. Tata said he took a proactive role in overseeing the design efforts of the two premium brands, communicating frequently with Ian Callum, the head of design for Jaguar, and Gerry McGovern, who heads design at Land Rover.

Finally, take a proactive approach to work.

"We're taking a proactive role," Mr. Levine said.

The Lehigh Valley Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., was taking a proactive approach.

"We decided we were going to take a proactive approach".

We're taking a proactive, uh — " he said, waving his hand as memory failed him.