Sentences with phrase «increasing public pressure»

Whereas at the market's height a few years ago a developer might have rigidly insisted on retaining such a clause — safe in the knowledge that another buyer who would accept it was likely to be waiting in the wings — the subtle shift of power to buyers since then means that there is nothing to be lost from a challenge and, in an environment where developers are under increasing public pressure to grant fair leases and to do away with RPI, everything to be won.

Over the past year, corporations have come under increasing public pressure to stop using tar sands oil.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, convictions for homosexual offences increased markedly, with several high profile figures being prosecuted, leading to increased public pressure for a re-assessment of the law.

Animal testing peaked in the early 1970s, and has been in decline since, due to both increased public pressure to reduce the numbers of animals tested and the development of available alternatives.

The Court then dealt with the assertion that access to these documents could increase public pressure on the representatives of the EU institutions involved in the trilogue procedure:

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If the public starts to doubt, it may demand higher wages or payments to compensate for expected price increases, or delay investments or purchases in anticipation of deflationary pressures.

This followed news that the Spanish government doesn't intend to inject public funds into the bank, increasing pressure on the lender to merge.

At a time when every company is expected to have a Twitter handle and a Facebook page, going public increases the pressure for transparency and fair disclosure.

The federal government has increased pressure on the private sector to fight the war on drugs, just as public support for the effort has reached a low.

As pressures mount, an increasing number of citizens commit suicide by jumping off the towering public apartments.

After an initial public offering in March that gave it a theoretical market value of $ 27 billion, Snap is facing considerable pressure to show that it can increase revenue, and quickly.

This is because the province has accumulated a large public debt that given the prospects for an economic slowdown and / or rising interest rates will potentially increase fiscal pressure via debt service costs which in 2016 - 17 totaled $ 11.7 billion or just over 8 percent of total government spending.

Democrats are corrupt because they could win this game with public pressure by saying if the Fed raises rates, your credit card payments go up, your car payments go up, the value of your house declines, bankers profits increase (not that they aren't too high already).

Facebook has named a new head of U.S. public policy as the company deals with ongoing fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal and increasing pressure over privacy around the world.

The pick - up in the WCI data in the second half of 2003 partly reflected the spreading out of increases in wage pressures to a broader range of industries, after having been concentrated in public - sector and related industries earlier in the year (Table 17).

Prior says that «as the aging population starts to jeopardise the sustainability of current healthcare funding it will place increased pressure on both public and private payers to find cheaper, more efficient ways of delivering care, and where possible reduce the need for care in the first place.»

Plus, in the case of a public company, there's added pressure from investors to increase profits every quarter.

The two sides came together on the issue as public pressure to remove junk foods from schools increased.

Following public pressure from the City Council, the Chicago Park District on Wednesday agreed to cut an admission fee increase for Chicago residents at the Art Institute of Chicago that was scheduled to take effect May 23.

There are also controversies and ethical considerations surrounding the means used by public campaigns which attempt to increase breastfeeding rates, relating to pressure put on women, and potential feeling of guilt and shame of women who fail to breastfeed; and social condemnation of women who use formula.

In part because human capital in these high quality sectors is deep and specific, so needs to be used to the full in exporting; in part because there are typically strong positive externalities to training and innovation systems from increased exports; in part because a tight fiscal policy constrains wage demands in the public sector from undermining restraint of export sector unions: these countries, as well as Japan and China for similar reasons, want no constraints on their exports through macroeconomic regulatory rules pressuring them to expand consumer demand.

He has long expressed frustration with the efforts by public education and teachers union organizations lobbying and pressuring him to increase school aid.

Without any special forensic financial audit, it is quite clear that increasing the number of staffers at the Presidency from 678 to 998 is a hooping 47 % increase in the number of personnel which will be very difficult to justify considering the prevailing economic conditions and the enormous pressures on the public purse.

But Lopez and Silver have been under increased pressure since last week, when reports from Special Prosecutor Daniel Donovan and the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics detailed allegations involving four female staffers.

It also comes as Cuomo comes under increasing pressure from liberal and progressive advocacy groups that are part of a well - funded campaign to push for public financing.

ALBANY — Unions and their legislative allies are increasing the pressure on New York State education commissioner John King, with state lawmakers calling for his resignation and a powerful teachers» union planning public forums to «fill the void» created by the ones the commissioner canceled.

Some Tory MPs called on the Queen to intervene, and public pressure increased on the Lib Dems to form a coalition with the Conservatives.

Thankfully, Britain has come a long way since 1968, but unease remains, and it could well build up again if the economy fails to grow as pressures increase on public services.

In an interview with Akwasi Boateng, Dr. Edward Brenya indicated that the president is using an old method of increasing labour to improve productivity which in this case will put great pressure on the public purse.

But the opposition NDC has rubbished the report describing it as a move by the NPP to save itself from public pressure following the recent increase in petroleum prices.

Can the SNP come under unrelenting pressure about whether they would back Labour policies such as hiked taxes on the top 5 %, increased corporation tax, a statutory living wage and sweeping public ownership?

The governor sought to put pressure on Senate Republicans, who oppose extending the millionaire's tax, by saying in a Jan. 24 speech that there can be no increase in aid to public schools unless legislators vote to continue the income tax surcharge on millionaires.

De Blasio cited other examples of what he perceived as revenge, including inconveniently timed pressure from the state for the city to increase transit funding and a fight over money for public housing.

While that policy could put increased pressure on journalism outlets to use the information they glean from FOIL requests in stories more quickly, to avoid losing the competitive edge, good government groups said it could also help the larger public.

At the event, Jones, who serves as Franklin County Chairman, introduced his education platform, which includes increasing state aid to public schools and the elimination of the Common Core, which he said places teachers and students in high - pressure environments with «high stakes» testing.

As the professions experience growing pressures from the public and government policy makers as well as from their own members to exercise their collective responsibility more effectively, they are, with increasing frequency, seeking strategies for informing and educating their members and others about the ethical implications of their work, for developing or revising standards of conduct, and for establishing procedures to implement and enforce whatever ethical prescriptions they adopt.»

There is increasing pressure in many countries to remove bodies from public displays in museums or from archaeological laboratories in order to repatriate them to their place of origin for reburial.

«The NRC has been pressured by the nuclear industry, directly and through Congress, to low - ball the potential consequences of a fire because of concerns that increased costs could result in shutting down more nuclear power plants,» said paper co-author Frank von Hippel, a senior research physicist at Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Middle - aged people who experience temporary blood pressure drops that often cause dizziness upon standing up may be at an increased risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia 20 years later, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests.

Experts say the result will be increased pressure on public health agencies to set safety limits for rice consumption.

The population of Nicaragua is expected to grow by 37 % by 2050, so water shortages and pressure on natural resources are already set to increase, limiting sustainable growth and public welfare.

The most beneficial of so - called omega - 3 fatty acids are found only in fish, so growing omega -3-rich transgenic plants instead could increase public consumption while relieving pressure on fisheries, researchers say.

The political pressure, coupled with public petitions and increased adoption of cloud - based services, has had an effect.

Responding to increased expectations from consumers and pressure from environmental organizations, among other motivations, hundreds of corporations have made public promises to help end deforestation.

The growing public concern with climate change and CO2 emissions further increases the pressure for coal plant closures.

Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels.

This result defied common wisdom as well as contradicting the public belief that eggs increase risk of high blood pressure due to their high cholesterol content.

TUESDAY, May 3, 2011 (Health.com)-- Doctors and public health officials have been telling us for years that eating too much sodium can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by raising blood pressure to unsafe levels.

The reason why apprenticeships have their budget safeguarded and increasing when most areas of public expenditure are under severe pressure is because the government has introduced the apprenticeship levy which effectively taxes large employers to pay for the programme.

Clearly this increase will add to the already significant challenges faced by public services, already under huge pressure because of budgets cuts.