Sentence examples for toward compiling from inspiring English sources

Now he sits day after day in the rare book room of the Yale Library, doing his bit toward compiling a history of Connecticut, and being waited on by the attendants.

Already, the United States Anti-Doping Agency is headed toward compiling those profiles, Bowers said, by using a central database to which laboratories worldwide would be able to send data about the athletes they test.

Carson is always busy creating something from whatever crosses her path; the last time I spoke to her, she was collecting old snapshots and appliance manuals from flea markets with an eye toward compiling a series of books "about longing" made from "improbable materials".

And the first step toward compiling such a collection is an appreciation for what neckties are all about.

In 2013, the Obama administration took a first step toward compiling a central record of lost and stolen guns.

The father's death is horrific enough, a coldblooded murder the author leads us toward by calmly compiling evidence of this man's brave deeds.

The Islanders struggled toward the end of the season, compiling a 6-11-5 6-11-5 6-11-5irecordl 22 games.

While compiling a reliably liberal record, he made enough nods toward the other side that he put moderates and some conservatives at ease.

It's like studying robbery by compiling statistics on the targets, discovering they tend to be older, poorer and darker-skinned, and concluding that robbery is driven by animosity toward old, poor, dark-skinned people.

In addition to compiling head-to-head rankings, OECD collects data on educational policies and practices around the world, with topics ranging from how countries educate their poorest students to parental attitudes toward the importance of an education.

Perhaps most welcome was the news that officials were compiling a list of political prisoners being held without charges, with an eye toward speeding up releases.