Sentence examples for firm coalition from inspiring English sources

At any rate, he says, the United States will find it difficult to muster a firm coalition against the North until it repairs its alliance with the South.

ESS, which is scheduled to begin construction in 2012 if a firm coalition of partners is finalized soon, could be the first facility to benefit from the new legal framework.

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When talk turned on Monday to firming a coalition government, Ms. Merkel refused to discuss what Germans should expect.

Brought together under the aegis of the Partnership for New York City, a group better known for supporting the city's major financial firms, the coalition, to be called GoBizNYC, will seek to amplify the voice of small businesses in the city's political process, said Stu Loeser, the group's spokesman and a former press secretary for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Alcalde & Fay, the other firm representing the coalition, also initially refused to identify its members to a reporter.

The Canadian firm assembled a coalition of more than 50 environmental groups from around the world, including WWF, 350.org, and tcktcktck.

"It's crossed the line ethically," said Deborah Greaves, a partner at Brutzkus Gubner law firm and a coalition board member from 2011 to 2013.

Secretary Powell, two officials said, believed that the public version was necessary to help firm up the coalition of nations being cobbled together for the anticipated military actions.

Mr. Orr, whose firm represents a coalition of environmental organizations, said the new rules were much too similar to what had been struck down.

"Everything the IACC does that makes Alibaba look better potentially drives up the price of the stock," said Greaves, whose firm is a coalition member.