Sentence examples for issue in the face of from inspiring English sources
But the White House and congressional leadership have been slow to push the issue in the face of fierce opposition from state officials, lawyers' groups and business associations.
The Government's effective surrender on the issue in the face of a hugely popular campaign came in a Commons statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday afternoon.
Thiel, in particular, seems hell bent on pressing the issue in the face of all evidence that college is essential to economic success.
"Improving the land should be put on a war footing because food security is a real issue in the face of climate change".
The initiative's website notes that human migration is a major issue in the face of global trends showing that 244 million people worldwide live in countries other than their birthplaces and that at least one in four Californians are immigrants.
Segregation is surely a side issue in the face of the picture emerging from this document of our universities, our bastions of free thinking and free expression, in flight on the back of increasing securitization and deprivitization.
But there are lawmakers who deserve to return to Albany, especially those who have voted courageously on controversial issues in the face of pressure from political leaders or lobbyists.
The vice president's event in this town near Pittsburgh was part of a broad effort by the administration to raise awareness of energy issues in the face of polls showing that most Americans believe that the environment should not be sacrificed for the sake of more energy supplies.
While GM dropped its opposition to pension increases already accepted by its main U.S. rivals, Ford Motor and DaimlerChrysler, it was standing firm on the other issues in the face of a possible walkout by 17,200 workers at 11 59 p.m. on Tuesday.
Experts in national security law said the Ressam decision on Tuesday showed that the federal courts could handle terrorism issues, in the face of recent criticism that plea deals and defendant protections could make it difficult to convict and sentence terrorists.
After consulting with S.B.C. theologians, Merritt drafted a statement calling the denomination's engagement with the environment "too timid," and maintaining that "our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed".
