Sentences with phrase «came under attack from»

The smaller exchange was one of several that provide a welcome alternative for exchanging bitcoins, especially when Mt. Gox came under attack from hackers.

Harper, who took power in 2006 promising to increase accountability, came under attack from opposition parties last year after it emerged his chief of staff, Nigel Wright, had secretly paid Duffy a cheque for $ 90,000 to cover expenses.

Champerty and maintenance rules both came under attack from legal academics and influential commentators during the general rise of pro-litigation sentiment in the decades after 1950, and were dismissed as outdated and ethically wrongheaded.

This would have been a significant first step, yet the agreement instantly came under attack from the fossil - fuel lobby in the United States and Australia, and the recalcitrant parties managed to insert so many loopholes in the protocol that, after several international meetings culminating in a conference in Marrakech in 2001, it would, if implemented, result in minimal reductions in the rich countries» greenhouse gas emissions.

Instead, the model came under attack from US regulators who saw it as a competition violation.

But the study quickly came under attack from several quarters, in part a reflection of how heated the debate over vouchers has become.

What director Julius Onah does in The Cloverfield Paradox is provide the building blocks for the universe, and piece together a narrative for how humanity came under attack from mysterious creatures, all spawning from this vision of the Cloverfield Space Station.

Kelsey came under attack from all the contestants (yet again) for being conniving and fake.

But as he was digging into the study, his source of funding came under attack from the National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful lobbying group based in Fairfax, Va., that supports gun ownership.

In experiments done at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute here, hermit crabs living in highly acidic conditions did not show the increased boldness of Munday's clown fish, but they took far longer to withdraw into their shells than normal when they came under attack from a potential predator (in this case, a toy octopus).

She was one of 12 Republicans to vote against the GOP tax bill and she came under attack from one conservative group for doing so.

Defneders of the Israeli government have spent the past week claiming that Britain would behave just as ruthlessly if it came under attack from, say, a neighbouring territory in the same way that Israel has been targeted by militants in Gaza.

The government's criminal justice policy came under attack from all sides today as it faced numerous reports criticising its priorities, and objections to Jack Straw's decision to prevent Ronnie Biggs» parole.

Alex Salmond came under attack from one of his closest allies today, as he struggled to build support for independence with just one year until the vote.

Labour's Stella Creasy also came under attack from the paper's political editor, after talking in the Commons about page 3 «while wearing a bright blue PVC skirt».

Satan attacks me in my thoughts day and night and he makesit so i can barely eat i pray to the lord and he consoles me god is REAL i used to e a drug dealer the most violent and disruptive of men and one night i came under attack from satan and felt like satan was makeing me into someone im not putting thoughts in my head of death suicide and sexual immorality then i read the wqordof god and everything felt better when i read the Book «The Advocate» spiritual warfare is real and god can save you from satans tourment do nt let Satan claim the rights to your soul i had trouble believing in god for years my mind worked in science and fact but the fact is that God is real and living and when you leave this earth you Will face Judgement

Immediately it came under attack from the Western nations, especially the United States.

During the 1990s and early 2000s, when projections of the budgetary balance were off by wide margins, the credibility of the Department of Finance's forecasting abilities came under attack from both inside and outside the government.

The company and Allen have recently come under attack from an activist shareholder who says Allen has mismanaged the company.

An anonymous blog post in November 2014 purporting to be from the developer claims ByLock had attracted around 1 million users, making it difficult to maintain, in part because the app had come under attack from unnamed «Middle East countries».

Amazon, meanwhile, has come under attack from President Trump.

Beyond China, Uber is particularly focused on making inroads in India, as well as buttressing its existing operations in Europe, which have frequently come under attack from local regulators.

The next day I headed down the road towards the Pacific coast and Chamela, the home to UNAM's (Mexico's National University) biological research center for the tropical dry forest (which is coming under attack from developers).

Even his team selection and substitutions have come under attack from fan's and pundits, of late, which is more evidence that the once heavyweight champion of a manager is nothing more than a has been, who couldn't even punch his way out of a paper bag and the longer he continues in this way, the more harm he will do to his once highly regarded reputation.

With the club, thus, going without any silverware for the second successive season, the recruitment policy of the club President Florentino Perez has come under attack from the club's fan base across the world, the Spanish press and Madridians.

IgA works to attack germs in the mucous membranes of the throat, lungs, and intestines, which are most likely to come under attack from germs.

IgG worked through the baby's circulatory system, but IgA protects the baby in the places most likely to come under attack from germs, namely the mucous membranes in the throat, lungs, and intestines.

These days I am amused rather than offended when I come under attack from some Conservative backwoodsmen — one recently identified me as a member of the Socialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the United States.

Scotland has repeatedly come under attack from international bodies, including the UN, for not giving older children the right to remove themselves from religious observation.

The UN estimates between 150,000 and 200,000 remain trapped in the north eastern territory where the LTTE continue to come under attack from the Sri Lankan army.

David Cameron has come under attack from within his own party for his appearance on Jonathan Ross's chat show.

Maybe the governor will change his position on taxes as our budget comes under attack from the federal government,» Bassett said.

She said without regular exercises, the body would come under attacks from various sicknesses thereby putting the health of individuals at risk.

A report by former Tory cabinet minister Lord Heseltine aimed at boosting economic growth in the regions has come under attack from business groups.

Their gay marriage proposals have come under attack from Cardinal Keith O'Brien, for example.

George Osborne received vital backing from the influential global body after coming under attack from senior economists yesterday.

Local government minister John Healey found his planning bill coming under attack from all sides of the Commons yesterday.

The debate will focus on foreign affairs, with the Lib Dems expected to highlight their opposition to the war in Iraq - the party is likely to come under attack from both the other parties over their pledge to scrap Trident without a «like for like» replacement.

Chancellor's one - year restriction on salaries comes under attack from Tories and workers» organisations

Assessment practices at the body responsible for deciding which treatments should be used by the NHS have come under attack from MPs.

George Osborne's plan to try to win support for an extra runway in south - east England, possibly at Heathrow, by establishing a special commission, has come under attack from his own party.

As he seeks to unify the Conservative and Republican parties behind his candidacy for governor, State Senator George E. Pataki has come under attack from both ends of the political spectrum for his position on abortion.

(CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is coming under attack from Republicans for a fundraising stop Sunday night in Canada.

Karen Warkentin of the University of Texas at Austin has found that the frogs respond to this dilemma by hatching early only if they come under attack from a snake.

Even as Darwinism has come under attack from the theology of the intelligent design movement, scientists have never been closer to divining life's origins.

The study has thus come under attack from both the industry and state public health officials.

NOAA's management of the red snapper has come under attack from Democrats and Republicans alike while drawing attention from Commerce's Office of Inspector General.

The traditional, or «hard,» brand of systems engineering that Qian pioneered has lately come under attack from Zhu and other scholars, both inside and outside China.

Her retreat proves anything but relaxing, however, when she comes under attack from a vicious, revenge - minded killer in this suspense thriller.

From here, the trailer breaks into two major battles: the first sees Wakanda come under attack from a massive sea of Thanos» forces, the Outriders.