Sentence examples for a big lobby from inspiring English sources

Legislation regulating so-called "puppy mills" unexpectedly became a big lobby fight.

"To give up Georgia is easy, because Georgia doesn't have a big lobby in America or some vested interests.

The committee system isn't without influential supporters, he said, but there isn't a big lobby for councils to change back.

Bill Coleman laughed when long-time venture capitalist Bill Janeway whispered his own superstition: "Bill told me that as soon as a company gets big enough to have a building with a big lobby, the stock will go down".

They're strong, they're big, they're powerful, they have a big lobby.

They realize they have a big lobbying battle ahead".

The company has also made a big lobbying effort to drum up additional backing.

We mounted a big lobbying effort about cuts to legal immigrants.

Ms. Schapiro's decision was seen as a victory for the mutual fund industry, which had waged a big lobbying campaign to scuttle a crackdown.

And, despite a big lobbying campaign from the banks, which claimed that such requirements would stifle lending and growth, they refused, for the most part, to back down.

The League Against Cruel Sports, meanwhile, is co-ordinating a big lobbying exercise to persuade MPs to vote against the amendment, which would let hunters use an unlimited number of hounds compared to just two now.