Sentences with phrase «leaders are under pressure»

School business leaders are under pressure to balance the books, so it has never been more important to justify the educational benefits of trips and ensure that the maximum educational benefit is derived from every pound spent.

Europe's leaders are under pressure to accept 130,000 more refugees, mostly from Syria.

The governor and legislative leaders are under pressure to make structural changes that will bring new discipline to state spending, but few expect them to do so.

Corporate leaders are under pressure to focus on returning more cash to investors rather than indulging in expensive and risky plans to boost production.

The then Tory leader was under pressure from his own backbenchers and wanted to stop Tory voters from drifting to UKIP at the 2010.

With the legislative session drawing to a close, state leaders were under pressure to create an exchange before leaving Albany for the summer.

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The leader of Germany's socialist party is under heavy pressure to fix the country's political stalemate.

The leader of Germany's socialist party is under heavy pressure to fix the country's political stalemate — despite the experienced lawmaker not being involved in recent coalition talks.

Under pressure to resign as leader of a country ravaged by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Naoto Kan's last act in August 2011 was to transform Japan's energy policy.

Business leaders earning hundreds of times more than their employees are under increasing pressure to narrow the pay gap.

With BlackRock being by far the leader in the $ 3.4 trillion ETF space, with nearly $ 1.4 trillion under management, the firm theoretically could exert some pressure on the index providers to remove the gun makers from their listings.

It's been a long summer for Labor Leader Bill Shorten, who in eight weeks seems to have run the full gamut of Queen's greatest hits, from I Want it All to Under Pressure.

But under unrelenting pressure, we eventually agreed that we would help our customers with storytelling as long as the stories were not fabricated and the emphasis was on helping leaders to find and share their own real - life anecdotes.

After several embarrassing setbacks, Republican leaders, under pressure from the White House, spent much of last week weighing whether to hold a vote on the measure that included the new amendment, which was negotiated by New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur and North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, who chairs the House Freedom Caucus.

Co-presented by Scotiabank and KPMG, the WXN awards celebrate and highlight the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not - for - profit sectors at a time when corporate Canada is under growing pressure to promote more female leaders into senior management and corporate director roles.

Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney and other governmental and military leaders have been under pressure to change the current policy which excludes homosexuals from military service.

But it is the evil reality of most organized religions, that regardless of how many good intentions leaders start out with, they mean nothing under the pressure they come under in order to please the masses, their particular denominational mandates, and to be able to put food on the family table.

we have shown times without number we don't do pressure, we lack grit and balls, so if the title race goes to the wire, with each match plays dxd under enormous pressure to hold on to the top spot or chase the leaders down you cn be rest assured we will find a way to bottle it, its what we do best...... and as soon as we are out of contention and pressure is off, just watch us rack up wins after wins, in time to nab the 4th spot

Dustin Johnson, who is 7 - under, will tee off at 12:10 p.m.. He's one of the players who could play himself into contention with a strong final round, as a few early birdies before the late groups tee off could put some pressure on the leaders.

This suggests that they either lack the mental strength to play under pressure or there is an issue within the squad in that the players are much of a sameness — Wenger seems to have moved towards a certain type of player whereas before when he first came to the club we had strong, physical leaders such as Vieira and Keown and smaller, technical players like Overmars and Anelka.

Now that you're up to speed on the 7 - under leader of the contest taking place at Oakmont, here's how he stands as he awaits a 3:30 ET tee time with Andrew Landry, who is tied for second at 3 - under with Dustin Johnson: This is the first time Lowry has held such a lofty position, but if anyone can keep his composure in such a pressure - packed situation, he's a likely candidate.

But the pressure was just too big, and in the final 15 minutes Barça found the goals to turn this into a big win: Lionel Messi scored twice, including a gorgeous free kick under the wall, and Coutinho gave Suárez a tap - in just before halftime to put the leaders up 4 - 1.

Zidane is certainly under pressure this season as they find themselves 19 points behind Legaue leaders Barcelona and have been kicked out embarrassingly by minnows Leganes in the Copa Del Rey.

But this weekend the Terriers will be hoping they can put the league leaders under pressure at the John Smith's Stadium.

Most leaders in the third world countries are under same pressure to accept this same sex marriage act.

in 2013 both Cuomo and IDC leader Jeff Klein were under tremendous pressure to get some form of campaign finance reform.

Later in the book, MacMillan provides examples of how this overarching culture of honour influenced the actions of leaders in those fateful weeks in July: «The Kaiser was now under great pressure to declare a general mobilization from his generals who saw time slipping away and from his own wife who told him to be a man» (p. 576 - 577).

To avoid being deserted mid-term, the Conservatives will have to work hard to keep the Liberal Democrats happy, and David Cameron will have strong incentives to do so as his position as leader will come under pressure if he can not keep the show on the road.

Gov. Cuomo called a special election after Weiner resigned under pressure from national party leaders once he was exposed sexting raunchy photos of himself to online admirers.

Adam Paynter, Leader of Cornwall Council has been under increasing pressure this week to justify -LSB-...]

The video, which features IDC Leader Jeff Klein speaking directly into the camera about the eight conference members, comes as the conference is under pressure from liberal advocacy groups to return to the fold of mainline Democrats in the Senate and deliver a working majority for the party.

The Labour leader was put under pressure to pledge to scrap the bedroom tax, after a poll out today showed a growing majority now oppose it.

The deputy Majority Leader, Alfred Agbesi, insisted that Parliament was not under pressure to immediately take into account the evidence presented against Oti Bless before approving his nomination.

«He will admit that as the election nears there will be further tensions between the parties, and both leaders will be under increasing pressure to act in their parties» interests as opposed to the national interest.

IDC Leader Sen. Jeff Klein, has also been under pressure from the left - leaning elements of the Democratic Party.

Blair announced in September 2006 that he would quit as leader within the year, though he had been under pressure to quit earlier than May 2007 in order to get a new leader in place before the May elections which were expected to be disastrous for Labour.

IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, has, like Cuomo, also been under pressure from the left leaning elements of the Democratic Party.

Spitzer, by contrast, has received no significant black endorsements, although he was briefly backed late last month by the Rev. Floyd Flake, a former Queens congressman, until Flake, under pressure from Democratic leaders, changed his mind a few days later.

«Admittedly, we came under intense persuasive pressure from genuinely concerned national, political, traditional, religious and cultural leaders prominent among which were; a section of the Northern Governors Forum under its Chairman, Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno state, northern traditional rulers and the Department of State Services DSS.

Lawmakers — as well as Cuomo — had been under pressure to approve some form of ethics and anti-corruption legislation in Albany after a parade of corruption arrests that engulfed the Capitol in recent years, including the convictions of the two former state legislative leaders last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

As the Lancaster community becomes more divided over whether the school district's nickname should remain the «Redskins,» school leaders are under increasing pressure to make a decision soon about whether to phase the name out completely.

With less than eight months to go before the general election, the pressure was on the Labour leader to make it crystal clear not just what he stands for, but how the country will be different under a Labour government.

The Labour leader was also under pressure to electrify conference itself, which has so far felt surprisingly flat.

The Labour leader has been under pressure for some weeks to set out a passionate and unequivocal argument for Britain voting to remain in the EU.

The apparent failure of the women's equality measure is one of the factors that has put the IDC leader, Jeff Klein, who represents portions of the Bronx and Westchester County, under considerable pressure to prove his faction has succeeded in steering its much larger governing partner to embrace any progressive legislation.

Party leaders across the political spectrum in the UK and throughout Europe are under increasing pressure to appoint more women to the most high - profile political posts.

Cuomo had been under some pressure from African American and Hispanic leaders — particularly the Rev. Al Sharpton — to tap minorities to serve on his transition, particularly since the statewide Democratic ticket was all - white, and, with the exception of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, also all male.

The top investigator at the New York Correction Department resigned on Friday under pressure from city leaders who are facing a federal mandate to regain control of the Rikers Island jail complex, where widespread brutality and corruption by guards routinely go unpunished.

Miliband is also under pressure to give a bigger role to other members of the shadow cabinet, and to do more to sort out decision - making structures in the leader's office.