Sentence examples for backtracking under from inspiring English sources

Cambodia is discussing an NGO law that civil society groups fear could further stifle dissent in a society with minimal political opposition, although there are signs the regime is backtracking under international pressure.

Democrats fired back, suggesting that Republicans were backtracking under pressure from House conservatives allied with the Tea Party who were opposed to any compromise with Democrats in the budget debate.

But even before it is given a try, the group is considering backtracking, under prodding from state universities and community colleges that say that while the policy may help tamp down admissions pressure at the East Coast hot spots, it makes no sense for them.

Indeed, even before Congress starts a formal repeal effort, the White House killed ads that had already been paid for encouraging people to sign up for coverage, before partially backtracking under public pressure.

With the end of his first year in office in sight, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg summoned his public safety staff members to City Hall yesterday and sought to dispel any perception that New York had backtracked under his lead.

AARP has expressed an openness to benefit cuts in the past, only to backtrack under pressure from its membership.

This week the government backtracked.Under the Prevention of Terrorism bill, introduced to Parliament this week, house arrest would remain a potential tool in the government's ever-expanding anti-terrorist arsenal, but the government would first have to opt out of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights guaranteeing a right to liberty.

Already, the Sudanese government is backtracking on its commitments under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, or C.P.A.: It still hasn't withdrawn all of its troops from the south; it hasn't accepted a boundary commission report for the oil-rich border area of Abyei; it keeps delaying a census needed for the elections; and it appears to be cheating the south of oil revenues.

Twenty-four hours later, the backtracking was already well under way.

The government in power before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office 11 months ago had pledged to phase out nuclear power over the next 30 years, although there has been political backtracking on that idea under the new conservative government.

However, he has come under criticism for backtracking on a key election promise.