Sentences with phrase «came up for»

The measure came up for discussion Wednesday by members of the Legislature's Ways and Means Committee.

A bill that would have added $ 51,000 to the pension of former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz never came up for a vote in Albany after it was exposed in The Post.

During the period I was working on this book, British politics sometimes seemed to be tracking my early 19th century course, as topics like voting and the House of Lords regularly came up for discussion, to say nothing of popular demonstrations; parallels are, however, for the reader to draw.

«When the opportunity came up for Joseph Percoco to use his power... he did,» Zhou said.

But when Green Acres came up for sale, the community formed a cooperative - style residents association to purchase the land.

On when the issue of Senator Melaye came up for discussion with Buhari, Dogara said: «On the issue of Senator Dino, of course anything that happens to one of our members or any member of the National Assembly is of concern to us.

Mr Kyei - Mensah - Bonsu indicated that Mr Akufo - Addo entreated him to ensure that when the issue came up for discussion in parliament «we should say that government would give him (Mr Mahama) a house and an office».

Professor Amamoo - Otchere made the remarks on the Citi Breakfast Show when concerns about a looming water crisis came up for discussion.

That ought still to include a promise to force a Commons vote on it and thus challenge the Lib Dems, a promise to enable and require councils to build houses, a promise to restore the Agricultural Wages Board that the Lib Dems have abolished, a promise to reverse the dismantlement of England's NHS by Shirley Williams and other Lib Dems, a promise to reverse any privatisation of the Royal Mail and thus stop it because no buyer would take the risk, and a promise to renationalise the railways for free over the course of a Parliament by simply taking back each franchise as it came up for renewal.

However, when the time came up for Nana Akufo - Addo to mount the podium and address the gathering, Gabby quickly inserted in the speech to be read by Akufo - Addo, a list of campaign team members different from what has been planned already by Akufo - Addo.

The Marriage Equality Act came up for its first and only vote in the Senate in 2009 and failed by a margin of 38 to 24.

When the matter came up for hearing, Shuaibu, who was present in the court, pleaded «not guilty», through a member of his legal team, Tim Pruitt.

One of the baby essentials that came up for discussion was the breastpump.

Creator, and Artistic Director Dany Sanz came up for the concept of this shoot and everything was shot in Paris back in December 2010.

Danielle lives in Southie herself, and so when the shop at the corner came up for rent, she called right away!

It was a bit of a risk proposing such a thing because part of me was aware that I might not like what was revealed to me in her articles, plus I wondered if I would be comfortable sharing with her certain aspects that came up for me.

They came up for lunch, the three boys had a great play together and then we headed into Cardiff to see Justin's House.

A couple of months ago a rare opportunity came up for us to move to a townhouse around the block from our condo.

What came up for you as you turned this over in your mind?

Laundry is legitimately a reason I don't want a third child (OK, it's not a main reason, but it was discussed when the topic came up for consideration because that is how much I hate laundry).

Having not watched much college football at all last season, I had no idea which was the better team, nor which had the better secondary, so I just flipped a coin and it came up for Ball State.

When they came up for air, they would sit in front of the TV and play Sega Genesis hockey.

But when his name came up for his sixth and last jump, there he stood on runway's end.

When the lot Morse had coveted came up for sale in 1996, the Pebble Beach Co. bought it for $ 8.75 million and commissioned Jack Nicklaus to realize Morse's original dream.

Camargo came up for Anibal.

I liked that the 4 main meals weren't scheduled for specific days so I didn't have to worry about wasting food if other plans came up for lunch or dinner.

She was a bit scared to go out there by herself, but right away, strangers from all walks of life came up for hugs, «it was just hug after hug after hug.

«Every quarter we look at the results and the March results came up for consideration last week.

After finishing my first serving, I came up for air and realized that I had forgotten to pass around the sour cream.

An inmate came up for review before the Institutional Classification Committee, which decided over the movement of inmates from one custody level to another, i.e. maximum to medium, medium to minimum, minimum to trustee.

But, according to your own words, you would vote against gay marriage if it came up for a vote.

My mother came up for the service alone because my father had died a few weeks before.

«In many ways I have a great deal of respect for Martin,» Wren said, responding to a question from a Morgan Stanley analyst on whether Omnicom would be interested in WPP assets if they came up for sale.

She was at Camp Kotok and so naturally some of the topics in the book came up for discussion.

Recently, a $ 30 - million account came up for grabs, and Glickman told his team he wanted to go for it.

The Mayor insisted on chairing the discussion, and indeed even voted on the matter when it came up for a vote.

When the bill came up for a vote on Dec. 24, 2009, not a single Senate Republican backed it.

While competitive thoughts may instinctively come up for entrepreneurs, it's important to recognize when your ego is pushing you to achieve and when your ego is getting in the way.

Her contract with Fox comes up for renewal next year (she reportedly makes more than $ 6 million a year at Fox), and there has been much talk about the opportunities that might await her.

The rivals often find themselves at odds when a key license product comes up for renewal.

Best Buy makes decisions every month about which stores to keep as leases come up for renewal.

It's important to come up for air and to bring the songs to my band.»

When they run out of air, they drown (lose everything), come up for a new tank (raise more funding) or get out of the water (pivot to something new).

If it's stalled, then they know it's time to come up for a new tank of air.

This will give you a glimpse into what's coming up for social media and how you can make the most of it.

As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS) are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.

yells a coach — covering close to half the pool before coming up for air.

If customers are churning, then look at customers that are coming up for renewal.

This is why New York - based business intelligence software company Sisense created its «Coming Up for Air» program.

Eastwood recalls Cruise telling him one time after having the actor come up for air, «I got plenty of breath, trust me.