Sentences with phrase «tough economic conditions made»

But the measure was opposed by Liberal Democrats, who secured the freedom under the Coalition Agreement to abstain in any vote on the issue, and Mr Clarke indicated today in an interview with the Daily Telegraph that tough economic conditions made it unlikely to be introduced before 2015.

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«The lack of spending by Canada's oil and gas sector, and weak economic conditions abroad, made October a very tough month for Canada's manufacturing sector.

Those in power obviously thought that, if they could make economic conditions tough enough through «legal» means, then the «local problem» would work itself out.