Sentence examples for to step down over from inspiring English sources
Both sides agreed to "step down" over that issue, despite the strongly held views of the Chinese public.
In November 2014 the then health minister Ana Mato was forced to step down over corruption investigations.
But it remains unclear whether he will be forced to step down over the scandal, which threatens to derail his party's reformist agenda.
Bersih, whose members wear yellow, have planned a rally for 19 November that will again call for Najib to step down over the graft allegations.
Related: Fifa corruption crisis: Sepp Blatter delivers speech ahead of presidential vote – live Blatter, the embattled incumbent and favourite, has brushed aside calls to step down over the scandal.
Shaun Wright, the police and crime commissioner who has defied calls to step down over the Rotherham abuse scandal, has been dropped as a Home Office policy adviser on combating crimes against women and children.
Under the arrangement, Mr. Smith agreed to step down, and handed over power to Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, who won elections in April 1979.
A two-term Republican senator who became the first Vietnam war veteran to serve as defense secretary, Hagel was forced to step down just over a year ago as the administration struggled to cope with the rising threat of Islamic State.
Adonis said he would have felt compelled to step down anyway over the transport secretary's decision to bail out Stagecoach and Virgin on the East Coast rail franchise.
Carswell was one of those calling for Farage to take a break over the summer but he denied being one of the party figures who wanted the Ukip leader to step down completely over fears he was too divisive to lead its EU referendum "out" campaign.
Abuse survivors, senior government ministers, serving priests, canon lawyers, newspaper editorials, police officials, human rights groups and the head of the country's biggest children's charity were among those calling on the cardinal to step down Thursday over his failure 37 years ago to report damning evidence against the Rev. Brendan Smyth.
