Sentences with phrase «deadline loomed large»

Negotiators working on a deal to fight climate change had agreed on just a single paragraph of text as the deadline loomed large, casting a shadow over the prospects for a strong outcome in Lima.

The self - imposed holiday deadline loomed large as Reid struggled to win the support of socially conservative Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson and to unify his fractious 60 - member caucus.

As time wore on, the 2014 deadline loomed larger, seeming to more and more people as plain evidence that NCLB was absurd and rigged to fail.

Not exact matches

Halvorson points out that the «Goal Looms Larger Effect» — the mechanism that makes imminent goals feel all - consuming, like when you're finishing a race or closing a sale, is the same effect that helps people hit deadlines.

Having signed a contract in 2010 to write a book on the rise of the Tudors, Deadline Day looms large in the back of your mind.

I now had the luxury of writing at my own pace, the pressure of editorial deadlines looming less large over my head.

One reason for the uptick in coal - fired generation in Europe has been the looming deadline for the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive, which will require older coal plants to meet lower emission levels by the end of 2015 or be mothballed.

Now those negotiations have broken down without any successful resolution and the October 17 deadline is looming large while we're left wondering whether or not a deal will come through in time.