Sentence examples for facing watered down from inspiring English sources
Mr Trotter said: "I understand the government is not in an easy position - ministers don't want England's farmers to lose out if Europe's farmers are facing watered down rules.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition, which faces an election in September, watered down its original plans amid pressure from Internet lobbyists, lawyers and others who argued that it undermined freedom of information.
President Obama is backing the bill, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, as a response to "one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face," though it has been watered down in response to industry and G.O.P. critics who oppose mandatory standards (and it very well might die in the House).
In the face of opposition, the National Assembly watered down the amendment, which was weakened further by the Senate and is still under discussion.
The courts later watered down the "treason" charges the PAD leaders face.
In the face of heavy lobbying, the derivatives' rules have also been delayed or watered down.
The prime minister had faced criticism for watering down a pre-election promise to place the covenant on a legally binding basis.
Meanwhile, outside the summit venues, throngs of people clutching umbrellas faced down water cannons to besiege key access routes into the exclusion zone – disbanding under police attack only to spontaneously re-emerge at another intersection.
Both palms should be facing down for water skiing on two skis.
For-profit institutions face inexorable pressure to water down standards in order to turn a profit.
