Sentence examples for advocates down from inspiring English sources

Independent of the court system and financed by five grants, the largest of which is from the Illinois Department of Human Services, the program currently employs seven advocates, down from nine a few years ago.

In places where strict no-take zones have been introduced for fishermen, the fishermen have become major advocates down the line because they see the difference.

These clients, in turn, can end up being some of your best advocates down the road.

Nevertheless, several GOP presidential candidates advocated downing Russian aircraft, if necessary.

Voluntary Simplicity advocates slowing down, chilling out, buying less.

At the New York event, led by Democratic congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, advocates sat down and sang a new version of the civil rights anthem, We Shall Overcome.

When Ayaan Hirsi Ali declares that "We are at war against Islam" and advocates shutting down all Muslim schools in the West she is no longer criticizing ideas, she is advocating war and discriminatory actions.

Captain Rick Wierzbicki, a Broward County officer, was among the witnesses who spoke at the congressional hearing on Tuesday, and his advice for advocates boiled down to this: If you want law-makers in both parties to take you seriously, you'd better get law-enforcement agencies involved.

But for a group of lawyers and immigration advocates, tracking down the parents who were separated from their children at the border under the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy and deported to their home countries has proved a daunting task.

It is doubtful that Labour will want to advocate cutting down the costs of railway workers, or trimming back the network in poorer parts of the country.

Alluding to Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology, he attacked those who advocate "going down on our knees" before "the powers of global arrogance".