Sentence examples for lobby meaning from inspiring English sources

However, its stance has undeniably split the conservation lobby, meaning its voice in parliament during the debate will be considerably weakened.

Erika Weinzierl, a historian at the University of Vienna, says that whenever Kreisky attacks the Israelis or the "Jewish lobby" (meaning American Jews who do not agree with either his Middle Eastern policies or his socialist politics) there are Austrians who think, If the Jew Kreisky can talk like this, then we can, too.

Not only will it be livestreamed, but the players themselves will actually load into a public Blackout lobby, meaning the pros will be battling it out with real-life Black Ops 4 players.

Consultants, unlike lobbyists, do not have to file reports under the city's stringent lobbying laws, meaning that Mr. Powers also does not have to disclose his fees.

"Tina has a great term" for the opposite approach, Mr. Bond said, "lobby integration" -- meaning that employees of an agency responsible for overseeing the different services "show up for a pitch meeting and get introduced to each other in the lobby" of the client's building.

But that is not to say that they don't do what every other industry angling for a piece of the federal budget does, meaning they lobby.

But it is impossible, even for the gun lobby, to escape the clear meaning of yesterday's school killing.

When Metler questioned a legislator at a black bear hunt meeting and asked why their voices were being ignored, he said, "You don't buy bullets, and you don't buy guns," meaning, the gun lobby is behind the push for this kind of hunting.

International tax reform remains subject to lobbying by powerful corporate interests, meaning it is proceeding at a glacial pace.

They attract relatively few voters (under 20% of those eligible turned up in 2010), meaning that well-organised lobby groups can hold disproportionate sway.

This morning the TechCrunch staff woke up at our Disrupt NY hotel to find out that the Starbucks in the lobby couldn't accept any payments — meaning they couldn't give us coffee.