Sentences with phrase «by pressure groups»

Following a concerted campaign by pressure groups and various government consultations, the family courts were opened to the media from the 27 April 2009.

The media controls public perceptions, it is a tool used by pressure groups, campaigners, marketers, and politicians alike to exert influence and to weaken their opponents by ensuring that it is their message that dominates.

Moreover, the fear of being criticized by pressure groups encourages curriculum writers and textbook publishers to make their instructional materials value - free from the outset.

Ofsted added that a significant amount of public money was being wasted by multiple objections by pressure groups.

What tactics and practices are used by pressure groups?

Culture minister Audrey Azoulay plans to make it less easy for censorship campaigners to appeal, following high - profile interventions by pressure groups

Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve said:» «Messages get sent out from this place which get latched onto by pressure groups wishing to stop other people expressing legitimate views - even if those legitimate views are in fact nonsensical.

Many people are (reasonably enough) suspicious about polls commissoned by pressure groups for campaigning purposes.

These comments were made by the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, in reaction to the brutal assault meted out by officers of the Ghana Police Service against unarmed civilians who embarked on a demonstration, organised by some pressure groups in Accra, on Wednesday, September 16.

Deputy General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has asserted that, his party is not shaken by the Bawumia - led Baamu Yada demonstration organized by pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) in Kumasi.

The order of the court follows a suit filed by pressure group, Occupy Ghana in June 2016, seeking an order directing the Auditor - General to issue disallowances and surcharges to and in respect of all persons and entities found in relevant, successive reports to have engaged in misappropriation of state funds.

The proceedings at the inquest in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, focused on the fact the young Tory believed he was being bullied, and on his being made redundant by pressure group Conservative Way Forward (CWF) shortly after making the allegation.

But the accountability button was pushed by pressure group, Occupy Ghana and Citizen Ghana Movement who took the matter to court demanding that the Transport Ministry be forced to make full disclosure of its contract with the company.

To cite a recent example, speaking at an event organized by the pressure group Save British Science, Astronomer Royal Professor Sir Martin Rees this week voiced his concern that the lack of a long - term view from successive governments means there is a serious danger that the cohort of young academic researchers needed to replace the older generation will fail to materialize.

This revolutionary method, on the market since 1983, was the subject of heated debate at a meeting sponsored by a pressure group, the Women and Pharmaceuticals Project, at a health conference in Madrid in 1989.

In a piece headed Crichton's conspiracy theory, Harold Evans described Crichton's theory as being «in the paranoid political style identified by the renowned historian Richard Hofstadter,» and went on to suggest that «if you happen to be in the market for a conspiracy theory today, there's a rather more credible one documented by the pressure group Greenpeace,» namely the funding by ExxonMobil of groups opposed to the theory of global warming.

Produced by pressure group WWF and German bank DEG, the report argues that the shortage of freshwater not only hits people but is also posing an increasing threat to businesses who rely on its ready availability.

Not exact matches

The company has come under pressure from outside shareholders to separate its higher - growth assets — notably its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group — from its struggling core search and e-mail businesses, but such a split would be complicated by the fact that it could land the company with a large tax bill.

Chung Jin - haeng, president of the group, denied that the plan was driven by pressure from Trump but said the group hopes for improved demand for cars under the new U.S. president as he has pledged to create jobs.

Union backed group OUR Wal - Mart kept up pressure, and its workers met McMillon earlier this week, delivering a petition demanding higher wages signed by several thousand Wal - Mart workers.

The carrier is offering some of the cheapest wireless plans on the market and remains under intense financial pressure with a heavy debt load leftover from its $ 22 billion acquisition by SoftBank Group in 2013.

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

CEOs on President Trump's business councils were pressured by both customers of their firms and shareholders to back out of the council following Trump's comments — or lack thereof — following events that rocked Charlottesville, Virginia, last month, said Blackstone Group (BX - Get Report) CEO Stephen Schwarzman.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters)- McDonald's Corp said on Tuesday it will soon tweak its Happy Meals, reducing the french fry portion by more than half and automatically adding apples to the popular children's meals, after coming under pressure from consumer groups to provide healthier fare.

All this was refuted from those that were pressured by the gay activist groups to say there was such a thing as the gay gene.

In that year, the FCC released a programming statement in which they concluded, under a good deal of pressure from particular groups) that no public - interest basis was to be served by distinguishing between sustaining - time programs (those broadcast on free air - time) and commercially sponsored programs in evaluating a station's performance in the public interest.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

In order to resist this pressure, several religious alternatives for affirming one's Jewishness were proposed by such groups as the Essenes, Sadducees, Pharisees, and Zealots.

By contrast, after the New Jersey Supreme Court denied Gov. Chris Christie's appeal of a judge's overturning of the state's ban on same - sex marriage, an attempt by state lawmakers to later write a bill with religious protections collapsed under pressure from gay - rights groupBy contrast, after the New Jersey Supreme Court denied Gov. Chris Christie's appeal of a judge's overturning of the state's ban on same - sex marriage, an attempt by state lawmakers to later write a bill with religious protections collapsed under pressure from gay - rights groupby state lawmakers to later write a bill with religious protections collapsed under pressure from gay - rights groups.

They also made mortgage lenders subject to lawsuits — by special - interest groups and pressure groups — if they insisted on what for generations had been thought to be due diligence.

There are other indicators of religion as well, such as the desire to keep God happy with us through our obedience and the pressure to live by a set of rules and standards that keep us in good standing with others in our religious group.

And when we get lazy it does sometimes spur us to action either by pressure from the group or just a reminder from a friend.

Hence the first response, especially under pressure from Black leadership, was to extend to these groups the methods by which others had been assimilated.

Initial changes in attitudes and behavior will tend to regress to the preexisting position unless they are reinforced in this way by rewarding events or group pressures.

However, the extent of this change is significantly modified by a wide range of social and personal variables such as the functions that are being served for the individual by the attitudes in question; the satisfaction the individual derives from existing attitudes; the strength of existing defense mechanisms and group pressures surrounding those attitudes; patterns of reinforcement for similar attitudes in the past; other alternatives available to the viewer; and the current psychological state of the viewer.

Research indicates that when opinions, attitudes, or behavior do shift under the impact of communications, they tend to regress to the preexisting position unless they are reinforced by events, other communications, or group pressures.

In developing this argument I shall (1) take a close look at the notion of religious pluralism, finding it to mean much more than mere multiplicity of groups defined by ecclesiastical characteristics; (2) look at the historical form taken by pluralism in American society as a set of pressures to which responses were required; and (3) identify the «religiousness» of the response made by legal institutions.

The Church could no longer interfere with the Government just as the Government could no longer interfere with the Church, but through voluntary reform groups the Christian citizen could, by moral pressure and a majority legislation, see to it that public morality was kept at a high level.

A statement released by the group upon its launch states: «Reducing food loss and waste can be a triple win: it can save money for farmers, companies, and households; wasting less can feed more people; and reductions can alleviate pressure on climate, water, and land resources.»

A couple birdies by McIlroy on the front side, and avoiding bogey, would put tons of pressure on the groups behind him.

We have a special group of players that are doing special things on the pitch, but the media wont tell u that we have lost just one away match this year, and have the best defense in the league, infact i heard a documentary that says «Liverpool have the best defence in the league conceding only 9 goals only equalled by Arsenal» such reporting is typical in putting pressure on Arsenal.

And many of the concerns outlined by football's various pressure groups pass unaddressed, particularly the twin issues of a moribund Football Association and a noxious FIFA.

Keeping Giroud on this squad with the promise of substantial playing time... the offensive tactics of this squad is way too indirect and is much more reflective of a hold up play / cross in the box scheme that suits Giroud's skill - sets but can't continue if Wenger really wants Lacazette to be successful... without Sanchez on the pitch this offence is a little bit like a headless chicken, passing sideways, providing relatively poor service to undersized players and sub-par finishing... this isn't to suggest that Arsenal can't perform without Alexis but this offensive scheme is antiquated and ill - advised, especially considering our personnel (poor man's Barca)... if Arsenal doesn't want to pay the price to get topnotch players so we can press high and play all out attack, we would be better served by adopting a counterattack approach... unfortunately that would mean developing a far less skittish defensive group that could withstand the pressure and we all know that Wenger hasn't opted for that approach considering our defensive pickups in recent years and the lack of a «boss» in the midfield

Despite winning the Premier League title and qualifying for the Champions League, the Foxes appear to be under significant pressure to keep their current group of players together, which will certainly be seen as a shame by many neutrals as well as the club's own supporters.

At 1 - 1, Man City were 3 points clear at the top of Group A. Roberto Mancini decided a point was enough and decided to shore up the heavily under - pressure defence by bringing on Vincent Kompany for Milner, switching Zabaleta to right midfield and Johnson to the left.

The educational component of the group takes the pressure off of moms who might not necessarily be social by nature.

They insist on exclusivity and often pressure others in the group to conform by ostracizing others.

Studies show most home school students have fewer «problem behaviours,» when in mixed groups (of home schooled children and non-home schooled children), and home schooled children are much more likely to be better developed socially, more capable of functioning in the real adult world, and less affected by negative peer pressure.

Despite the lengthy deliberations, jurors said they did not feel pressured by the judge to arrive at a verdict, and they were not influenced by unusual distractions, ranging from the length of deliberations to Leitza's departure to attend the wedding to the highly visible and vocal group of midwife advocates who attended the trial.

Funnel plots, the Egger (weighted regression) test, and the Begg and Mazumdar (rank correlation) tests for funnel plot asymmetry were conducted to examine the relation between sample size and observed mean differences in blood pressure by infant feeding group (21).