Sentence examples for protracted lobbying from inspiring English sources
The two firms have begun what looks set to be an expensive and protracted lobbying effort to sell the consumer benefits of the deal.
Andy Miller, Crawford's agent, confirmed Wednesday evening that Crawford, a former Knick and consistent offensive force, had not been persuaded by protracted lobbying from the Knicks' front office to join the team for a cap-constrained $2.5 million salary.
Some of the nation's biggest trade groups, including the powerful United States Chamber of Commerce and the American Farm Bureau Federation, have also been fighting the climate legislation through ads and a protracted lobbying battle on Capital Hill.
But he said that change could be attributed to the Internet labor shortage, which has been so protracted that recruiters are more actively lobbying workers at traditional companies, where people are less prone to jump at equity-heavy compensation packages.
The proposals kicked off a protracted political process and a furious lobbying campaign on both sides, with the food trucks forming their own association, campaigning on Twitter and even buying advertising space on buses.
The corporate world is lobbying for an accelerated timetable with warnings that a protracted period of uncertainty will create an investment blight as companies suspend decisions until they know whether the UK is staying within the EU or heading for the exit.
The protracted contract negotiations between two unions that represent government workers -- the Civil Service Employees Association and the Public Employees Federation -- and the Pataki administration also drove up lobbying expenditures.
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Conflicts are becoming more protracted.
