The ' quickening ' of local governance was exactly that : the consolidation of governance through local and central collusion.
The poetic stanzas change from quatrains to tercets to couplets, quickening the pace of the dialogue.
A notable effect of a quarter century of market reforms is a quickening of the pace of life.
They also stressed the importance of quickening the pace of circulation and of extending its reach through the construction of technological systems.
Symons styles himself as our surrogate observer, quickening his perception, concentrating on various surfaces, objects, and activities.
All were at least 20 weeks pregnant by dates and/or clinical examination and all had felt 'quickening'.
There has been a quickening in the pace of the development of studying popular music in the past few years.
These measures will see a quickening of the output of trained wireless fitters towards the end of this year.
