Sentence examples for fierce industry from inspiring English sources

After confronting fierce industry resistance and political realities, officials in Washington have eased back.

Every argument, movement, effort to limit the marketing of junk food to kids is met with fierce industry opposition.

The grocer said people have been buying more as it lowered prices amid the fierce industry price war.

(The broader statement is that every effort to limit the marketing or sale of any junk food to anyone is met with fierce industry opposition).

But Ms. Kroes's predecessor, Ms. Reding, needed only seven months in 2006 and 2007 to shepherd through the first roaming price caps against fierce industry opposition.

After fierce industry lobbying and internal bickering, the Securities and Exchange Commission is moving closer to overhauling the money market fund industry.

The main proponent of the measure is Consumer Watchdog, the same organization that overcame fierce insurance-industry opposition to enact Proposition 103 in 1988.

Nevertheless, competition remains fierce in the industry.

In the mid-nineties, after losing first place, Mozilo saw his company as being engaged in a fierce contest for industry dominance.

An initial attempt, to simply allow existing livery cabs to pick up street hails, was met with fierce opposition from industry groups and politicians alike.

Efforts in Congress and state legislatures to restrict student work hours meet fierce resistance from industry lobbyists who proclaim the character-building virtues of after-school jobs.