Sentence examples for lobbying worked from inspiring English sources

EU sources say that Mr O'Leary's aggressive style of lobbying worked against him, alienating commissioners who would otherwise have supported him.

Many times in the past, that sort of lobbying worked and China chose to ignore the North's provocations.

They did intensive lobbying, worked with the press, and did their best to convince those present that "women are central to bringing peace and stability".

Driven by Mr. Kovalevsky's sense of entitlement -- an aide said early conversations with the local government ruffled officials, who were not used to being talked with as equals -- the lobbying worked.

The lobbying worked, but barely.

I don't lobby, work with patents or intellectual property, do classified research or work with for-profit companies.

Observers are asked to agree to ethics guidelines that include a requirement not to lobby working group members, both before and during the meeting.

The Obama campaign declined requests to discuss specific fund-raisers and their ties to lobbying work.

Mr. Racicot decided under criticism to stop any lobbying work while he was party chairman.

About 80 companies have pledged to contribute 1percentt of their gross profits for political and lobbying work, about $10 million a year.

In some cases, clients hire Global to provide market research or customer surveys unrelated to the clients' lobbying work.