Sentence examples for measures backed from inspiring English sources

And Mike Jacobs is hardly the only Illinois public official supporting measures backed by close relatives.

Such harsh measures (backed, admittedly, by an international ban on all trade in ivory) appear to have worked.

Republicans have mostly proposed measures backed by the National Rifle Association which do not create any new restrictions around firearm sales.

In 2009, Montana joined more than 20 other states in passing broad self-defense measures backed by the National Rifle Association and other gun-rights groups.

The measure, to shift the power of drawing political districts from the Legislature and to a panel of retired judges, is one of three measures backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He denounced Republican versions of a prescription drug benefit and managed care regulations as special-interest measures "backed by tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributions" from industry.

A fraudulent measure backed by some Republicans is competing for votes.

A less restrictive slow-growth measure backed by Mayor Willie Brown also failed, leaving San Francisco's current regulations unchanged.

It is a half-measure backed by half a government, mired in political expediency and personal grandstanding.

A constitutional clash looms because ministers claim that peers have no right to amend a financial measure backed by MPs.

Republican strategists had hoped the measure, backed by the N.R.A., would put pro-gun Democrats in a ticklish position and wrest them from their coalition.