Sentence examples for foot dragging on from inspiring English sources

But now there is foot dragging on the part of the U.S. military and others in the administration.

Sughra Imam, a former senator who has campaigned for years to change the laws, said there had been "consistent foot dragging" on the issue.

The biggest thing that Clinton could do to help herself politically with the environmental movement, Miller said, is take a stand against the Keystone XL pipeline, rather than simply criticize the administration's foot dragging on it.

As a practical matter, continued foot dragging on the issue of global access to medicines may be poor corporate strategy.

Foot- dragging on this would be criminal as well as destructive.

E.U. frustration, though, is mainly over Spain's foot-dragging on policy overhauls.

But the country's own foot-dragging on climate action makes it a poor advocate.

And Mr. Volcker recently said the foot-dragging on implementing his rule was disastrous.

Another mixed message from players and their union is their foot-dragging on HGH testing.

Lots of young priests also resent their seniors' foot-dragging on gay rights.

In so doing, it served notice that it would brook no more foot-dragging on the part of the state.