Sentences with phrase «government more intent»

It's been over a year since Brazil's former environment minister Marina Silva resigned her job, after butting heads with other members of government more intent on economic development at all costs than preserving her

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The government seems more intent with not providing the public with information, rather than engaging Canadians in discussion on critical policy issues.

The government seems more intent with not providing the public with information, rather than engaging the public in discussion on critical policy issues.

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Regarding the $ 485 million cost shift from the state to city proposed in the most recent executive budget, he said, «The intent there on that proposal was, there's a belief that the local government should invest more money in CUNY.

At the moment, neither Public Campaign Action Fund or a related organization, Friends of Democracy, has filed an intent to lobby letter with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics — a documented required when the cost of seeking to influence state government is expected to be more than $ 5,000 for any given entity.

In his estimation, `' Each year, if government really wants this NABCO to survive it intent then he needs to get more funds.

It's hard to think of many other things that would more powerfully communicate an incoming Conservative government's intent to restore responsibility to the public sector.

Recounting the journey to the historic occasion, Governor Aregbesola said the whole process started with the declaration of intent by more than 36 Ile - Ife princes and the selection by the wise kingmakers and eventual ratification by the government of the State of Osun, after which the rites of installation began.

«The journey to this historic occasion began with the declaration of intent by more than 36 Ile - Ife princes and the selection by the wise kingmakers and eventual ratification by the government of the State of Osun, after which the rites of installation began.

After 1910, the Liberal Government was intent on passing a Plural Voting Bill that sought to prevent electors who appeared on the electoral register more than once from voting more than once.

Yet as our dependence on the internet grows, we are more vulnerable to those who seek to disrupt — whether they are hackers exposing the internet's weaknesses, governments intent on keeping their citizens under control, or corporations driven by profits.

Unfortunately, every director in the industry seems intent on making a protest film, and while Kimberly Peirce's «Stop - Loss» is arguably more pro-soldier than anti-war, her message is overshadowed by a contradictory (and ultimately more government - friendly) ending.

The IES is said to reflect the government's intent to advance the field of education research, making it more rigorous in support of evidence - based education.

This new model sounds less like egalitarianism and more like the Bush administration, intent on outsourcing government jobs to private contractors.

The airline also recognises the vital role which London Luton can play as part of the Government's strategic intent of more effectively using airport capacity within the South East of England.

-- Anthony Watts, webmaster of WattsUpWithThat.com, September 30, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- «Having observed how the EPA has functioned for more than three decades, Carlin warns that its current «environmental policy has been hijacked by radicals intent on imposing their ideology by government fiat on the rest of us whether we like it or not... If environmental policy is based on government fiat or «green» policy prescriptions the results have been and are very likely to continue to be disastrous.»

With the government's intent to sell justice on the open market, it has never been a more relevant and appropriate time to promote the Magna Carta and increase public awareness; in doing so achieving the important goal of prioritising access to justice, rather than simply facilitating it.

As you might imagine, a number of disappointed users sued the US government, arguing that according to the intent of the Copyright and Patent Clause of... [more]

This new and more sophisticated reasoning is broadly to be welcomed, whether it is borne out of a more realistic and commercial approach to the enlarged EU or whether (dare we say it) a reaction to a realisation (communicated or not) that the EU governments might eventually just get fed up with an ECJ intent on deconstructing member states» domestic tax systems and decide to clip its wings a bit in tax matters.

While Bitcoin's intent was to allow for parties to transact «without going through a financial institution,» the blessing by Wall St. and the U.S. government may be a necessary evil to allow for more widespread use, protection of the public, and eventually more confidence by a wider range of investors.

This undermines the objective of community consultations, and contravenes the government's intent to engage in more community driven processes.

As governments begin to understand that our relationship to our lands and resources is interconnected to our overall physical, spiritual and cultural well - being, the need to return to the original intent of the Native Title Act should become more apparent.