Sentence examples for behind the measures from inspiring English sources

The NRA, which has for many years opposed such reforms, has recently swung behind the measures.

Until recently, the severity indexes had languished behind the measures of intensity.

Likewise, Labour has swung behind the measures: the shadow Home Secretary, Andy Burnham, says the Bill is "neither a snooper's charter nor a plan for mass surveillance".

With a five-seat majority in Parliament, Mr. Papandreou has been struggling to get his government fully behind the measures and to contain growing rifts within his party.

The Republicans behind the measures argued that the limits were necessary to create uniform access to voting in the state, arguing that smaller towns didn't have the resources to provide the extended voting hours that Milwaukee could.

In June, an administrative law judge concluded that evidence showed Mr. Bruce was indeed behind the measures and fined each sponsor $2,000 for failing to submit the proper campaign finance reports.

Still, he said the agency might take some behind-the-scenes measures as early as Friday to start winding down service in case a strike happens.

The group has pushed other lawmakers to get behind the measure.

Other critics, including some Georgian opposition politicians, say there are nefarious motivations behind the measure.

Michigan One Fair Wage, the group behind the measure, collected more than 370,000 signatures to put it on the ballot.

Lawmakers behind the measure cited a need to foil what they described as predatory and politically driven litigation.