Sentence examples for withdraw plans from inspiring English sources

A public outcry has caused Glasgow Council to withdraw plans to raise a statue of the Duke of Wellington that regularly has traffic cones placed on its head.

The government leant on Petrobras, the national oil company, to withdraw plans to raise the price of petrol in line with world prices.

Gas and electricity workers called for the demonstrations to force Mr. Raffarin to withdraw plans to privatize the national gas and electricity utilities.

Several areas of the city have been occupied by demonstrators since then, demanding that the Chinese government withdraw plans to impose limits on voters' choice of candidates in Hong Kong's elections, due in 2017.

This week, after a campaign of attrition by outraged consumers, backed by the press and the government, they were forced to withdraw plans to charge non-customers for using their cash machines.

Some became politically active only last summer, when 500,000 people marched in a successful effort to force the government to withdraw plans for a stringent internal-security law.

The government has said it will withdraw planned tax cuts and look for cuts in government spending.

In March, Mascoma withdrew plans for a stock offering first filed in September 2011, citing market conditions.

An increasing number of young companies have withdrawn plans to go public.

And Société Générale withdrew plans to award discounted stock options to four directors following a political outcry in France.

Campaigners have declared victory after developers withdrew plans for a 254m (830ftowerwer in west London dubbed the "Paddington Shard".