Sentence examples for strong lobby from from inspiring English sources

There has been a strong lobby from broadcasters to introduce a new package of Sunday evening matches but the Premier League is understood to feel it is impractical.

He prevailed in part because of strong lobbying from the White House.

After strong lobbying from the Bush administration, Ms. Sheeran's appointment was approved, the diplomat said.

Despite strong lobbying from American officials, the Kazakhs decided to turn down bids to develop the Uzen field from Amoco and UNOCAL.

Despite strong lobbying from constituents who backed the measure, she switched from voting in favor of it to abstaining.

He left the post 13 months later after strong lobbying from politicians linked to football authorities kept delaying a parliamentary vote on his project seeking to modernise Brazilian football.

In the face of strong lobbying from the soft drinks industry, HMRC published the proposals announced by George Osborne in his final budget in March.

Around half of its co-sponsors voted against the law's final form when it was unceremoniously rammed through the lower chamber of Congress after what I've heard was strong lobbying from the Executive Branch.

Sources at the UK's BIS department told us: "After strong lobbying from the UK, the EU agreed to ensure that app stores or other internet portals will normally be responsible for accounting for the VAT on downloads to consumers, which will simplify accounting for many small businesses and prevent many of them from needing to register in other member states or for the mini one stop shop".

Challenges facing the health sector in China include trade protections within different provinces, weak purchasing capacity of some health authorities and health insurance management agencies in less developed regions, and strong lobbying from international and local pharmaceutical manufacturers and wholesale agents.

The outranking concept indirectly captures some of the political realities of decision-making, by downgrading options that perform badly on any one criterion (which might in turn activate strong lobbying from concerned parties and difficulty in implementing the option in question).