Sentences with phrase «firm against pressure»

A select committee of MPs has stood firm against pressure from environmentalists to change the government's carbon reduction targets.

Not exact matches

The Blues were holding firm against the attacking pressure, but they broke with just over 10 minutes to go, as Edinson Cavani hit the winner for the French champions.

The lawsuits are the latest legal challenges against oil companies over climate change and come as the firms are searching for new business models amid pressure by governments and consumers for cleaner energy.

The federal complaint against Skelos and his son said Dean Skelos pressured Mangano about the storm - water contract and the county's delay in paying the environmental firm.

The Post urges Cuomo to «stand firm» against pressure from the WFP (and others) to extend the so - called millionaire's tax.

However, none of the charges U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has leveled against the two men pertain to campaign donations, though Mr. Silver stands accused of pressuring Glenwood into hiring a law firm that paid him legal fees while Mr. Skelos faces allegations that he used his position to obtain a sinecure for his son at a company Glenwood held stock in.

Firm your belly against the pressure of the elbows.

Structured around the fracturing of two family units, one irreparably shattered, one holding firm despite intense pressure, it imagines life as a steady succession of denials, duty waging a futile struggle against desire.

While Obama and Reid stood firm against attacks on the Clean Air Act, they clearly caved to pressure from special interest groups on this matter.

Represented industrial pressure vessel fabricator in LCIA arbitration against international construction firm

Pressure is growing on Facebook to explain its failure to protect customers against misuse of their data by a firm of political consultants.

agrees that it's important for brokers to take a firm stand against agents who are pressuring them for more commissions.