Sentences with phrase «has met with resistance»

And while the legislation has met with some resistance, particularly from some northern Ontario resource companies and municipalities, Zwibel believes the concerns about the courts dismissing worthy claims are «misplaced.»

There have been several different bills and each one has met with resistance.

However, the scheme has met with resistance from opposition parties, teachers» unions and Conservative local councillors.

There are many reasons why the use of psychological models in biblical scholarship has met with resistance in some quarters.

However, this seems to have met with some resistance.

«Through the years, we've met with resistance in the Senate and we were repeatedly told that reproductive rights were not threatened in New York,» Heastie said, referencing the rhetoric of President - elect Donald Trump.

Not exact matches

Heitkamp has generally advocated for working with the president and his administration when possible and, in a meeting last spring, called the anti-Trump «Resistance» movement «a waste of my time.»

A bill which would end tax - free online shopping moves on to the House of Representatives, where it is likely to be met with resistance from anti-tax Republicans.

The legislation met with little resistance in the Nordic nation that has ranked first in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap standings for nine consecutive years, said Brynhildur Hei?ar - og?

Mr. Stamos, who plans to leave Facebook by August, had advocated more disclosure around Russian interference of the platform and some restructuring to better address the issues, but was met with resistance by colleagues, said the current and former employees.

You may remember that Sprint and T - Mobile considered a deal back in 2014 that would have resulted in Sprint buying out T - Mobile, but those talks ended when the prospect of a merger met with strong resistance from regulators.

IOTA's growth has been one of the fastest and one which has come with seemingly no barriers so far - the currency may even grow to $ 2 - $ 2.2 before it meets with a line of resistance.

Though she was met with resistance at first, she has since transformed Optum's marketing for the better, as she presented at the B2B C2C conference this week.

A blanket ban on cryptocurrency advertising by Facebook and Google is being met with resistance by several blockchain associations, which have banded together to sue the...

The president's desire for wholesale change in U.S. trade policy has met with increasing resistance from congressional Republicans as well as the business community, normally a reliable GOP ally.

However, these audits were met with resistance when Zhou Xuedong, PBoC director of business management, proposed an «observation period» to suggest new regulatory rules that would maintain financial stability and protect the interest of investors.

In the past, executives at Tronc have floated proposals for cutting costs by reducing staffing at the D.C. bureau or eliminating it, but were met with resistance from senior editors at the Los Angeles Times, according to people familiar with the matter.»

The move has been met with resistance from American regulators.

In the UK, where calls for equality are admittedly met with less resistance, in general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and church.

Why it is that another plan or agenda or program meets with resistance from me and a «Oh, that would be nice» or a «I'd LOVE to be on the team» from them?

In the USCC offices, in programs such as the Campaign for Human Development, and in the widespread networks of social activism, questions such as those we have raised meet with predictable resistance.

Yet the campaign to pull down churches has met with considerable resistance.

Benedict has met both challenges with firm resistance, and a clarion call for freedom.

Republicans need at least 60 votes in the Senate to pass an appropriations bill, and Democrats have made it clear that any budget that includes a «poison pill» like defunding Planned Parenthood or paying for the wall will be met with a lot of resistance.

On a Potluck Hangout we had last night, «I Think I'm An Atheist»... we've made this one public so that you can watch it... a couple of our participants said that they were about 16 years old when they really began asking questions and were met with resistance.

Very early in His ministry Jesus had come to terms with the resistance and hardness of heart with which His preaching was met.

It has met with very little resistance from Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Confucianism.

Moore also said that his tour to promote the positive message of «Golden Rice» has been met with «heavy resistance from anti-capitalist activists, 20 of which have been joined forces to oppose our Indian leg of our tour».

I've said it before, and I've been met with plenty of resistance in saying it, but for all intents and purposes, the current system does indeed have a two - team playoff.

The player continues to protest his innocence, and an investigation into his conviction by the Criminal Cases Review Commission is under way, but he has been met with unwavering resistance from numerous football fans, while 160,000 people signed a petition against his return.

While the wealth disparity in this country is increasingly shocking, here is what has surprised me most: regardless of where I am, and whom I'm speaking to, change — in our value system, in the way we parent, in what we expect from our children — has been consistently met with a combination of interest, appreciation, apprehension and resistance.

It would be a shame if you went through all the trouble of applying only to be met with resistance from the district superintendent when funding for your salad bars has come through.

If you have waited until this stage to start weaning at all, you may be met with a lot of resistance since your child has gotten used to nursing or bottle feeding by now.

The older your baby is, the more resistance you are likely to be met with, as older babies have had longer to learn habits and often rely on sleep crutches to get them to sleep.

The measure, multiple versions of which have been proposed and introduced in the Legislature over the last several years, has been met with stiff resistance by social conservatives and the Catholic Church as well as advocates for the disabled.

We've been here before, back in the early 1990s, when a similar proposal was met with fierce resistance from the people of Gloucestershire.

Successive attempts to demolish squalid parts of the camp have been met with criticism and resistance.

In the past, the city's efforts to close state facilities have been met with resistance from lawmakers trying to protect jobs upstate.

Cuomo's plans are likely to meet resistance in the Assembly, where key Democrats have alliances with the teachers.

It also met resistance from the Armed Services Committee's Democratic Chairman, Sen. Carl Levin, who replaced Gillibrand's provision with a measure that would require review of prosecution decisions by more senior military leaders.

«Whilst the government has committed to cutting UK carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, we need to ensure the actions reflect the words, and that plans to open new coal mines or build new runways are met with mass resistance,» Susan Nash of NUS said.

Bill sponsors insisted they had the votes available for a Friday vote on the measure, but the effort has been met with stiff resistance from racino operators, who spent much the day personally lobbying lawmakers in the Senate.

The BFAWU has agreed to work with Unite the Resistance and John McDonnell MP, along with other groups at a meeting on January 8th 2014 in order to discuss and hopefully address the lack of fairness and justice for workers in the UK's fast - food industry.

That scheme, however, has been met with resistance from lawmakers whose communities rely on the prisons for jobs.

Degruy has visited and worked in a number of Rochester City schools, saying at first her methods were met with resistance, some thinking that focusing on one group of students meant neglecting another.

«Rather than limit this review of diversity to cultural institutions, the de Blasio administration needs to apply diversity principles across the board, especially to its underrepresented Latinos,» Alvarez wrote, adding that her efforts to meet with the administration to discuss the issues had, to that point, been «met with resistance.»

«Changing to a payroll tax system would be extremely complicated and will likely be met with resistance from taxpayers and businesses alike.

The regulation, which will determine qualifications procedure into the Ghana School of Law, has been met with fierce resistance from the law students.

While the de Blasio administration hopes to implement Mandatory Inclusionary Housing by the summer, the proposal has been met with resistance by local community boards and politicians across the boroughs.

Meanwhile, his proposal has met with fierce resistance from the Republican - controlled State Senate.