Sentence examples for lobbies by from inspiring English sources

We are led through gleaming hallways and cavernous, chandeliered lobbies by guides in sparkling gowns or neat military uniforms, speaking as though from a script.

But now it's becoming clear that the coal and oil lobbies, by blocking national climate policy and trying to gut the Clean Air Act, intend to foreclose on our home.

Just eight months ago, Mrs. Merkel stunned the opposition, environmental groups and anti-nuclear lobbies by pushing through measures to prolong the country's use of nuclear power to 2033.

They predict three-hour waits on check-in at some airports and say crowds could be squeezed out of lobbies by the giant bag scanners or screeners, forced to snake out the doors into the January cold.

America finds much to admire in Mr Abe: his determination to drag the Japanese economy out of its deflationary morass; in particular, his promise to take on domestic lobbies by joining American-led regional trade talks, the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); his desire to see Japan play a bigger role in its own defence.

But Governor Riley has stunned many of his conservative supporters, and enraged the state's powerful farm and timber lobbies, by pushing a tax reform plan through the Alabama Legislature that shifts a significant amount of the state's tax burden from the poor to wealthy individuals and corporations.

Aggressive lobbying by the fund industry -- naturally!

There was lobbying by institutional investors, banks and mutual funds.

The decision followed extensive lobbying by the insurance industry.

Compassionate conservatism by night, liberal lobbying by day.

But after heavy lobbying by cardiologists, Medicare backed down.