Sentence examples for a damaging vote from inspiring English sources

But a failed auction can look like a damaging vote of no confidence.

Granted, he had to respond to the Tories' "Vote Clegg, get Brown" line, but in doing so in such a direct manner he has walked straight into something just as damaging: "Vote Clegg, get Cameron".

Frank said the decision to defend the controversial law was made to keep Republican members from having to make a potentially-damaging vote on the issue.

Mr. Obama's record is not as long as Mrs. Clinton's, or as potentially rich, for an opponent looking for damaging votes or quotes.

The prospect of The Rock sitting through committee hearings might be vaguely ridiculous, and a governorship would probably require him to take fewer potentially damaging votes.

So, on the one hand we have potentially damaging vote-grabbing strategies and on the other we have denial.

Those damaging votes, according to Mr. D'Amato, included Mr. Schumer's support in Congress for reducing price supports for dairy farmers and for increasing Federal gasoline taxes, and in the State Assembly two decades ago for establishing a state property tax.

LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - British government lawyers are drawing up plans to block Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy out the broadcaster BSkyB, the Independent newspaper said on Monday, a move that could spare Prime Minister David Cameron a potentially damaging parliamentary vote.

Economists feared the eurozone would suffer a damaging blow from the Brexit vote as exports to the UK became more expensive and business confidence waned.

The shadow culture secretary, speaking to the creative industries in Liverpool on Thursday, said the EU vote was a damaging distraction at a time when the future scope and funding of the BBC was being decided.

The Bank of England will probably have to take further action if the UK is to avoid a damaging slowdown following the Brexit vote, according to one of its deputy governors.