Sentence examples for long-term backlash from inspiring English sources
I am against war because, while the humanitarian argument is strong, the long-term backlash is not a price I am prepared to pay.
But secularism, and a long-term backlash against the Catholic authoritarianism of the past, is on the march: 2009 was the year when town-hall weddings finally overtook those in church.In recent weeks thousands of Spanish Catholics have joined church-backed rallies against a new, liberal abortion law, part of the ruling Socialists' programme of radical change.
In the United States, the rising role of the state produced a long-term backlash, culminating most recently in the form of a tax revolt (from the 1960s), a move to the right in the Republican Party (beginning with Ronald Reagan and running through Newt Gingrich directly to Mr. Ryan) and a deep-seated conviction that tax rates and government spending must be reduced ("starve the beast").
Look deeper and the reasons are apparent: some 70% of Americans feel it may lead to a backlash and 60% fret over long-term military commitments.
Whether the conservative backlash against Mr. Drudge has any long-term effect on the Web site is unclear.
Biofuels – Rising demand for food, which competes with biofuels for arable and pasture land, and a popular backlash against the subsidies they attract, will constrain the long-term potential for biofuels production using current technology.
The backlash continues against the F.D.A. after the agency's abandonment of long-term plans to regulate the use of antibiotics on healthy animals.
But a political backlash against the abuse of pay and the resulting inequality, and a long-term loss of confidence in equity markets, are high risks to take.
Research findings, such as those showing that victims of child sexual abuse do not necessarily suffer long-term psychological harm, can be misinterpreted to suggest support for the normalisation of child sexual abuse and risk provoking a backlash.
Style, short-term shaping, long-term architecture.
