Sentence examples for formidable vested interests from inspiring English sources

By the early 1990s the crack scare had faded, but a series of increasingly ferocious laws, passed in the second half of the 1980s, set the framework within which Mr Bush's war on drugs is still waged today.This framework is not immutable, although formidable vested interests—including the police and prison officers now back tough drugs laws.

In Italy, a series of well-meaning prime ministers have been unable to overcome the formidable vested interests that see reforms as a threat to the special deals they have carved out.This combination of size and lassitude is dangerous, because France and Italy are at once too big to fail and too big to bail out.

This is more urgent now than it has been at any time in my working life, not only because the BBC is now facing a formidable array of vested interests who want to see it dismantled, but because I have seen this tradition, this civic ideal, in retreat, in places where it was once strong.

Vested interests may be opposed.

Vested interests resisted.

In addition, vested interests will bleat loudly.

Vested interests conspired to neuter most suggestions.

Too much power for vested interests.

It can create new vested interests, powerful vested interests.

Taking on the vested interests!

Powerful vested interests will be antagonised.