Sentence examples for decision to backtrack from inspiring English sources

Having gathered almost 3,600 signatures, some of the petition's supporters voiced their concerns on the university's decision to backtrack.

Then, the Conservatives made the decision to backtrack, by freezing the threshold until at least 2022, meaning, instead of it going up each year, it will now be stuck at £21,000.

The decision to backtrack on unpopular proposals to sell off forests earlier this year turned out to be practice for a bigger climbdown: plans to remake the National Health Service (NHS) are in danger of crumbling.

Other U-turns include: Michael Gove's decision to backtrack on plans to abolish dedicated funding for school sport and his offer of consultations with Booktrust over the provision of free books to children.

David Cameron has "snubbed millions of students" after failing to respond to a letter from Martin Lewis, in which the money expert called on the Prime Minister to rethink the Tories' decision to backtrack on a loan promise which will see students forced to pay back more each year.

Lord Stirrup, who was head of the armed forces when the 2010 decision was made, said the government had made a "perfectly rational decision" to backtrack after discovering the "true nature of the costs and the risks that are involved".

The Democratic National Committee's controversial decision Friday to backtrack on its two-month-old ban on fossil fuel donations highlights the pipeline industry's grip on unions and the party's struggle to bridge the gap between its labor and environmental wings.

Eurosceptic Tories have expressed their dismay at No 10's decision to force Fallon to backtrack on the word "swamped".

This week, he started to backtrack on the decision to axe the £13m grant received by the Booktrust charity (a cut that was to pay for a previous U-turn on school sports provision).

Fox News said the Republican frontrunner spoke three times on the phone with its top executive, Roger Ailes, and offered to backtrack on his decision not to appear at the debate if the network agreed to pay $5m to charity.

"Some of them said he looked very scared in his speech, and some said he decided to backtrack because the decision was hasty, and others thought it's just a game he's playing and he's going to strike tonight".