Sentences with phrase «stiff resistance by»

The LPG operators had pulled out of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model policy (CRM) Implementation Committee as a result of what it described as «stiff resistance by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to its opposition to the classification of LPG filling plants in the country into high and low risk facilities.»

The request attracted stiff resistance by the ICPC prosecuting counsel, Mr. Nosa Omohigbo who insisted that his team would neither vacate the prosecution nor hand the matter over to the state lawyers.

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.

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A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.

A proposal to diversify middle schools on the Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from some parents.

Yet, even with new forms of resistance ushered in by technological innovation, the stiff - gestured ideology of neoliberalism has arched towards a state of «human exceptionalism» where all of humanity is now supposed to feel free to exploit at will the relations between nature and society any way that it chooses, as long as profits can be squeezed out.

A Westbound pipeline is stalled by First Nations opposition; and a pipeline headed to Canada's East coast is facing stiff resistance on several fronts, including in Ontario, where the energy board last week concluded that the project's risks outweigh the benefits.

A Westbound pipeline is stalled by First Nations opposition; and a pipeline headed to Canada's East coast is facing stiff resistance on several fronts, including in Ontario, where the energy board last week

The tough - minded lawyer has led the charge by discount brokers into the Canadian market, and met stiff resistance.