Sentences with phrase «of public pressure»

Libraries and other public services that may otherwise have closed have been saved because of public pressure, even if cuts need to be made.

I am realizing I need some sort of public pressure to follow - through on daily creative commitments like this!

A sizeable campaign to change that institution should be in place: in other words, there should be real evidence of public pressure.

Even large companies are considering developing more natural products because of public pressure.

Chancellor George Osborne stood firm in the face of public pressure from Dr Fox, who had hoped to persuade No 11 to finance Trident separately from the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) overall budget.

At first he said this was because the city was not subject to a property tax cap, but in the face of public pressure said his measures were meant to find efficiency and wouldn't «cost the city a penny.»

On October 28, 1994 Premier Klein told the media that he had axed the appointment as a result of public pressure from the oil industry and environmental groups who claimed the posting would politicize the regulatory board.

The IDC lawmakers do not appear to be on the verge of bolting anytime soon, even as the Working Families Party, leaders at the Democratic National Committee and even Sen. Simcha Felder have sought to apply an unusual amount of public pressure in recent days on the eight - member bloc.

On the heels of public pressure from the Oval Office, the Lot - 10 contract yielded a 7 percent drop in price for the most common variant of the aircraft, F - 35A, to $ 94.6 million.

And to reassuring the population at large (often in the wake of some public pressure) that the government really is taking the problem seriously.

Sodium, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Disease: A Compelling Scientific Case for Improving the Health of the Public

Happily the sheer weight of public pressure here in the UK has been too much to ignore and Cameron has joined the madding crowd.

Cuomo said Schneiderman would not be susceptible to the kind of public pressure about which Lynch warned, or suffer the same skepticism as local district attorneys.

A lack of public pressure and concern over limited resources keeps many states from using sobriety checkpoints, even though they are an effective deterrent.

There's been a great deal of public pressure against RALs.

In light of public pressures and market factors that hasten the transition towards a low - carbon system, power system planners and regulators are preparing to integrate higher levels of variable renewable generation into the grid.

Among the biggest revelations: ALEC may soon face a budget crisis, and is feeling the heat of public pressure from activists and its own membership in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting by George Zimmerman in Florida.

... this process of public pressure might not only eliminate the need for regulation, but work even work better than attempts by bureaucrats to keep pace with rapidly evolving technologies and changing expectations of privacy — especially online.

The legislature is not always given access to secret opinions of the FISA courts, 58 and even when it is, secret opinions can not generate the type of public pressure frequently necessary to spur legislative correction.

@DenisdeBernardy Could be, but my point with the red light cameras is that the underlying law wasn't the target — it's still a violation to run a red light or turn right on red — but the way it was enforced generated the sort of public pressure the OP was pondering.

Here are just two instances where the B.C. Liberal government has scrapped projects because of public pressure:

«The library system is slowly undergoing modernization as a result of public pressure,» Stasińska says to Publishing Perspectives.

Originally, Klein had steeled in the face of the public pressure, essentially adopting a bunker mentality.

The debate was only triggered because of public pressure, with 135,000 people signing an online petition saying current drug laws are not working.

The claim said that the law society felt compelled to initiate and continue the investigations against DeMerchant and Sukonick because of public pressure it was facing at the time to discipline lawyers that had worked on the transactions.