Sentence examples for was speeded through from inspiring English sources

Now the popular resentment has reached proportions that are drawing comparisons to the situation 180 years ago, when the Great Reform Act of 1832 was speeded through Parliament by riots in several cities.

The nomination of Mr. Negroponte was speeded through the Senate last month, in part because the Senate leadership declared that there was an emergency in Iraq, and Democrats decided not to try to block his quick approval.

Mr. Johnston denied that the 8 Washington project was speeding through the approvals process, noting that it originated four years ago.

"Exactly one minute after her compliment, we collided with a motorcyclist who was speeding through an intersection.

"It looks like the ship was speeding through space and ran through a cloud of something that splattered across its hull," Collum says.

Could it be that this public consultation exercise was sped through to provide a quick legacy and pre-empt the court?

Earlier on Sunday, the public works minister, Nasreen Barwari, was attacked by gunmen while her convoy was speeding through Mosul, an increasingly dangerous city.

Jim Hewitt was speeding through the streets of East New York to an interview at the Urban Youth Corps when his bicycle tire caught a flat.

Mr. Trump came to St. Charles last November to rally supporters for his signature tax law as it was speeding through Congress.

Prosecutors said that Mr. Marti, an unemployed printer from Passaic, was the driver of a red 1998 Nissan that was speeding through Passaic County when Officer Farrell tried to stop it for a license plate violation.

And this culprit was speeding through a stop light, going north on Broadway... in a bus lane.