Sentences with phrase «seen as an attempt»

While Beijing has touted the project as a mutual economic development initiative, it's widely seen as an attempt by China to construct a massive, multi-national zone of economic and political influence that has Beijing at its core.

President Xi Jinping promised on Tuesday to open the country's economy further and lower import tariffs on products like cars, in a speech seen as an attempt to defuse the increasingly bitter dispute with the United States and possibly open the way for the start of negotiations after both sides threatened tit - for - tat tariffs.

In crass media terms, having a lot of Trump coverage could be seen as an attempt to attract viewers and thus boost ratings numbers, rather than a biased political choice.

Monday, Tribune Publishing Co. said Soon - Shiong's Nant Capital had made a $ 70.5 million investment in the publisher, a move seen as an attempt to fend off a hostile takeover by Gannett Co..

This could be seen as attempting to thwart the policy of a president who has frequently excoriated specific companies by name, and whose administration will powerfully influence the regulation of healthcare.

In such cases, the employee stock ownership may be seen as an attempt to shift financial risk onto workers, rather than to empower workers.

Ms. Freeland's promotion and that of Mr. Champagne, who has an outgoing personality and deep experience on trade issues, are seen as an attempt by the Prime Minister to prepare for Mr. Trump's focus on protectionism while looking for newer trade opportunities abroad.

Uber, whose chief executive was on President Trump's economic advisory council, was seen as attempting to subvert a taxi drivers» strike in protest of the ban.

However, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., and other prominent Republicans in Congress say the Nunes memo is separate from the Mueller investigation and should not be seen as an attempt to undermine Mueller.

There should be no profit or material interest motivating the player, nor should play be seen as an attempt to resolve the conflict.

Certainly her books can be seen as attempting to carry religious, and specifically Christian, ideas past the «watchful dragons» that Lewis wrote about in his own reflection on the role of magic and fairy tales.

This might just be something that is within Theresa May's grasp, so making immigration the top priority could be seen as an attempt to lower the bar enough that somebody with two left feet can jump it, and proclaim success at at least one policy goal.

In his address, Mr Reid took pains to praise his predecessors at the Home Office, in what will be seen as an attempt to heal the divisions he created in the cabinet by declaring the department «not fit for purpose» when he took over.

Some see this as an attempt by Miliband to exert his own control over head office.

The new requirement can be seen as an attempt to fix this by weeding out bad actors.

The appointment of Brandon Lewis and James Cleverly as chair and deputy chair of the Tory party was seen as an attempt to inject some much needed fresh blood into CCHQ.

Any sentence imposed by the court should not be seen as an attempt by judges to muzzle journalists because freedom must go with exercising responsibility which was lacking in the case of Montie FM 3.

Politically, the move has been questioned by opposition MPs who see it as an attempt to shore up the government's majority in the Commons and to cause havoc for any future Labour government.

If they tried to ram through PR before the election it would be seen as an attempt to stop the Tories winning rather than a principled move.

So we will have to see whether Ken and his team now see this as an attempt to somehow assert a position as something of an «Independent Labour» candidate — or whether they will now want to make some substantive attempt to rebuild bridges with party activists and members in London.

His activities today have been seen as an attempt to re-establish the Conservative party's links with business.

In 2004 members of the classical and economic liberal strand contributed to The Orange Book, which contained free - market economic and social policies and was seen as an attempt to move the party towards the centre - ground.

That move was seen as an attempt to position Grace Mugabe to continue a Mugabe dynasty of power - This prompted the military to step in and place Mr. Mugabe under house arrest, in events that stopped short of an outright coup de tat.

That move was seen as an attempt to shift power from the attorney general's office to his, and he successfully convinced the Legislature to back him on it.

In what may be seen as an attempt to counter the strong support for Mr Corbyn among new Labour members, Ms Eagle issued her own plea to the public to sign up to the party, saying:

The two men reportedly fell out following what Tinubu and his loyalists saw as attempts to diminish his contributions to President Buhari's victory at the 2015 poll and erode his political capital in his South - West base.

The Telegraph cites senior pro-Brexit figures who reacted furiously to what they saw as an attempt by Business Secretary Greg Clark — known to be in favour of Number 10's plan — to reignite «Project Fear» during a weekend interview where he raised the threat of thousands of job losses.

Margaret Thatcher restricted their power in the 1980s, they see this as an attempt to enfeeble them.

The ongoing negotiations are seen as an attempt by Speaker Carl Heastie to placate some of his angry conference members from New York City who were not briefed before the deal was announced on Tuesday afternoon, and were initially shocked at the proposal, according to several sources.

The foreign secretary's lengthy comment piece in The Telegraph was widely seen as an attempt by Johnson to send a warning shot to Theresa May and to strengthen his base among the hardcore Brexiters who could drive his leadership campaign.

Ms Rice's offer yesterday is widely being seen as an attempt to win around Russia and China, who are opposed to taking strong action against Iran and have rejected any attempts to pass a UN security resolution saying Tehran is a threat to international peace.

Labour MPs have condemned the plan which is seen as an attempt to change long - standing Commons rules in the new government's favour.

And others saw it as an attempt to deflect from controversy at home, a chance to stop the barrage of negative press related to the Moreland Commission and a seemingly unkillable primary challenge from Zephyr Teachout.

The PBR's focus on green issues will be seen as an attempt by the chancellor to outflank his Conservative and Liberal Democrat rivals ahead of his expected move to No 10 next year.

Although Mr Cameron's latest reshuffle has been seen as an attempt to promote young faces to offset the Miliband brothers, Ed Balls and Gordon Brown's other rising stars, Ms Ryan pointed out the right of his party have been rewarded.

The move is being seen as an attempt by both leaders to reach out to female voters, who polls have shown to be in favour of independence for the most part.

Sources said that members of the group and their principal were not happy with what they saw as attempts by the party leadership and the presidency to diminish Tinubu's premium contributions to Buhari's emergence as president and undermine the former Lagos State governor's leadership in his South - West power base.

A group of Niagara County Republicans filed a set of rules that established them as the party's leaders in what was seen as an attempt to kill off the third party.

Tory MPs were said to be «spitting nails» over what they saw as an attempt to neuter them.

These comments were widely seen as an attempt to present a distinctive Lib Dem position on the economy which rejected many of the measures currently being utilised by the Chancellor to stimulate economic growth.

Among them, Cuomo introduced last - minute legislation that would allow the governor to appoint a majority of MTA board members, a gesture some saw as an attempt to bolster his

It should not be seen as an attempt to undermine the commission.

Senior Tory MPs on the group's board are also understood to be unhappy about what they see as an attempt by Mr Cummings to marginalise them from the campaign.

Several prominent psychiatrists resigned from the APA to protest what they saw as attempted restriction on their freedom of speech.

They see it as an attempt to undermine a program that biomedical lobbyists have complained is supporting low - quality research at a time when excellent proposals from top scientists are being rejected for lack of funds.

But this «unilateral restructuring» has angered the ANC which sees it as an attempt to wrest control of science from its future government.

At the very least, if it doesn't work out smoothly, it will be spectacular to see as an attempt.

This feeling was roused ever - so - slightly by a Gotham Awards news recap: «We just felt very lucky that we came across this beautiful story» went the Granik quote in a brief Times dispatch from the ceremony — on its face a gracious thing to say, but something that can also be seen as an attempt by the director to distance herself from the material, as if she were only the conduit through which the real essence of the backwoods locations passed, and not a force active in shaping the way in which they were depicted.

Adoniou's methods and advocacy can be seen as an attempt to find a space between two extremes — the conservatives, who are nostalgic for a return to 1950s - style grammar instruction, and the parts of the Academy that still favour obscurantism.

According to Education Week, the draft ESSA rules could be seen as an attempt by the Dept. of Education to closely control how states deal with relatively...