Sentence examples for under lobbying from inspiring English sources

Instead, under lobbying pressure from the industry, Congress allowed the airlines to adopt a voluntary set of customer complaint guidelines.

With cuts in spending on cancer or heart disease politically unpalatable, they tend, under lobbying pressure, to expand coverage or increase payments.

Under lobbying laws, which are more relaxed than those in the United States, it seems unlikely that the suspended members will face prosecution, not least because they had discussed only the potential for deals.

Under lobbying from M.L.G. and its partners in the industry, the government decided it would issue athletes' visas to certain gamers from abroad, allowing them to visit the United States more easily for tournaments.

The United States, which backed away from the initiative under lobbying from low-tax advocates, signaled today that its involvement in the talks did not mean that its stance had softened.

Last year, under lobbying pressure from the N.R.A., the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco and Firearms abandoned an effort to stop the sale of armor-piercing "cop killer" ammunition that authorities have tried to ban for thirty years.

Under fierce lobbying from the banks, Osborne has opted instead for a 3% ratio.

Oklahoma seemed bound for the Pacific-12, and Jones "lived in absolute terror, under siege," lobbying harder, he said, for the Big 12 to stay together than he ever lobbied for anything.

Under fierce lobbying pressure from multinational sugar processors – Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Mars – the EU argues that the reform is made in the spirit of freer markets and better value for the European shopper.

The Guardian reported that the independent commission on banking chaired by Sir John Vickers is coming under fierce lobbying from the bankers who fear that their global business plans will be curtailed by any attempt to engineer greater financial stability in the sector.

Mr. Sachs, through a spokesman, has said that his work for clients has not fallen under the definition of lobbying under state law.