Sentence examples similar to spotlight was put from inspiring English sources

But then, when the spotlight is put on them, they don't have the muscle to stand.

"Every time a spotlight is put on the Thames Estuary as a potential site for an airport it is revealed to be both an environmental disaster and economic lunacy".

Asked if the prime minister feared that the row over EU policy was undermining his authority, his spokesman said: "The PM welcomes the spotlight being put back on his commitment, because he has been absolutely clear that if he is the prime minister post-2015, he will ensure there is a referendum in 2017".

"But like some of my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus, I am concerned that the spotlight being put on Congresswoman Omar may put her at risk," said Harris, a California senator.

But more quietly, Canada's provinces, far from the spotlight, were putting into effect new tactics of their own.

There is one point on which political opponents and allies alike agree: The acting governor was entirely unprepared for the bright spotlight that was put on him.

Trump could have put the spotlight on how Hijazi was put in inhumane conditions because of her humanitarian work, said Dalia Fahmy, a political science professor at Long Island University at Brooklyn.

It's not like Ms. Davis caused it, they say — all she did was put the spotlight on the school cuts the Republicans want to enact instead of on the political issues the governor wanted to highlight.

"What the Summit did was put the spotlight back on family planning.

It is high time it was put in the spotlight.

They understand that the spotlight has been put on them," al-Gallal said of the militia.