Sentences with phrase «around by the campaigners»

You'd think from all the whooping and dancing around by the campaigners that they were electing the President, but in truth, even if they got their man elected, he would be only one vote out of nine members; hardly enough to convince the staid politicians to extend the Monorail — which to this day it simply is not.

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Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

The simple idea to encourage discussion around the dairy industry in the UK was quickly matched by vegan campaigners.

Whilst Ronaldo will have turned 30 they are confident that the fact the experienced campaigner has largely steered clear of lengthy injuries and is supremely fit mean that they can happily hand the player a four year contract worth around # 320k a week, with an option for a fifth season also included, which has been accepted «in principal» by agent Mendes.

Evans» comments this morning follow controversy at the weekend when current Ukip leader Nigel Farage seemed to suggest that the legal action around Brexit could trigger riots by pro-Leave campaigners.

BHA Faith Schools Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «We will continue to campaign for this information to be published, as while we are not opposed to Free Schools, we do have concerns around the diversity of religious and pseudoscientific Free Schools which are being backed to open by the Government, and believe there therefore needs to be more transparency in the approval process.»

The study is waved around frequently by campaigners for wind and solar power.

The donations, which continue today, mean BP has its flower petal logo hanging around the gallery and, according to campaigners at Platform, provides them with a «social licence to operate» by making them appear socially conscious and respectable.

Later that year, the then Director of the Tyndall Centre, Professor Mike Hulme warned that the language being used — not just by the media, but also by politicians, campaigners, and scientists — in the discussion around climate change was increasingly removed from anything scientific, and was likely to encourage people to switch off:

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This is the result of years of dogged campaigning by MPs, investigative journalists and a coalition of anti-corruption and anti-poverty campaigners from around the world.