Sentences with phrase «under heavy fire»

While the government's proposals came under heavy fire at the hands of the peers, only a few concessions (albeit important ones) were made.

Why would a soldier risk their own life under heavy fire to help another?

The hammer blow to the 14 - year - old center is coming under heavy fire.

Facebook came under heavy fire from lawmakers last month in the United States and Britain after news reports raised questions about whether it allowed third - party developers to access the data of users without their permission — a potential violation of its privacy agreement with the U.S. government.

Popular preacher Joel Osteen has come under heavy fire for initially refusing to open his church to victims of the Houston floods.

A couple of years back the heat was only for the extreme violence within the game, but more recently the game developer and publisher has come under heavy fire in reference to unlockable sexual content on the Xbox, PS2, and PC versions of the game.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than answer questions about his upcoming meeting with US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Over the past decade, while under heavy fire from environmentalists opposed to its pipeline expansion plans, Enbridge invested nearly $ 5 billion in renewable energy and now plans to ramp that up to $ 10 billion by 2019.

President Enrique Pena Nieto came under heavy fire after the education ministry said on May 29 that its timetable for teacher evaluations, a cornerstone of the government's overhaul of the troubled education system, had been suspended indefinitely.

Sani Usman said the troops came under heavy fire at Jarawa village.

Prayer is not chatting on the phone with God, it is the frantic radio calls of a platoon under heavy fire calling for air support.

In the battle of Montauban Ridge in 1916, B company of the East Surrey Regiment was ordered to cross 400 yards of no man's land under heavy fire, and Captain W. P. Nevill issued each platoon a soccer ball to kick toward the German lines.

The unification deal also came under heavy fire Wednesday night.

Outspoken comments by defence secretary Bob Ainsworth's parliamentary aide have placed the government's treatment of wounded soldiers under heavy fire.

Far less well known are robots that operate on the ground, including a new one that can look for danger around corners or in areas under heavy fire and can be carried around in a soldier's backpack.

Besides the platforming sections, which generally see you air dashing about the place and placing platforms, often under heavy fire and tight time limits, there are also some pretty creative and intense boss battle sequences (Although the final two bosses can jog on, as far as I'm concerned) and Zero - G sections that feel like a modern update on the Gradius formula, except «now with added dashes!»

Almost all educators and commentators shake their heads in disbelief: Has Mr. Duncan, already under heavy fire for federal intrusions into state and local K - 12 education policies, completely lost his senses?

As is, the Bavarian bestseller is under heavy fire on all fronts, so what will it take to regain its past dominance?

They must be under heavy fire now that this dumba $ $ CEO made us a favor by confirming what most people was expecting from EA's future plans for gaming!

Jump into the hot seat of a combat helicopter and fly behind enemy lines under heavy fire as you search and rescue hostages!

Enemy A.I is also below par, so that kind of counteracts some of the brainless decisions and blatant disregarding of orders you'll experience with your teammates, yet this is a small concession when you find yourself dashing across the battlefield under heavy fire for the third time simply because your ally decided that running in circles was the best way to avoid being shot.

Additional co-op challenges will be included as well; «escorting a convoy to safety under heavy fire» and «falling back from the enemy against almost insurmountable odds» are two scenarios mentioned.

The sound and action made the games immersive, whether having to land on a beach under heavy fire or deal with artillery fire.

When Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin came under heavy fire from Republicans and Democrats last year after telling a local interviewer that women couldn't become pregnant by rape, he sought shelter at the Delaware manse — and Elsass eagerly took him in, urging him to ignore the Republicans calling for him to drop out.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than...

She is Lilian Gish in The Wind or Way Down East, her captivating innocence made to stand firm while under heavy fire.

Gareth Bale is under heavy fire in Spain today, unwittingly finding himself the biggest victim in the fall - out from Real Madrid's recent loss of form.

But Naim Moukarzel, the new director of impact at the NCS Trust, who came under heavy fire at a Westminster education forum today about the trust's missed targets and expenditure, admitted it was a tall order to find the staff to mentor all the pupils.

Graham also famously cooperated with Christians of other traditions, and came under heavy fire for doing so.

Earlier this afternoon Councilman Koo came under heavy fire from Japanese citizens that need a history lesson.

With the tech sector coming under heavy fire, its shares suffered a 17.6 % hit from its recent all - time high of $ 334.

In a series of parables, gathered and preserved in Luke 15, Jesus defends his ministry which had come under heavy fire from those critics who recognized unsavory characters in his circle of disciples.

When a platoon is under heavy fire, they call in air support.

Just a week after his big Super Bowl win, Peyton Manning came under heavy fire for a sexual assault case that happened nearly 20 years ago.

Aurelio De Laurentiis is under heavy fire...

As expected, PREVENT has come under heavy fire for unfairly targeting Muslims and for heightening racial tensions.

Nine soldiers are pinned down under heavy fire.

Last week was not a good one for de Blasio, who flew to the Vatican for a papal conference on climate just as a City Hall push to restrain the growth of car - hail companies came under heavy fire from its intended target, Uber.

Seen as the chief architect of the Remain campaign's disastrous Project Fear scaremongering, Mr Osborne came under heavy fire from his own side.

Almost every study that has linked sugar to problems such as tooth decay, diabetes, obesity, or even childhood violence has come under heavy fire.

They stem from working freelance for legal weasels like Marty (Pollack) and Arthur (a superbly unraveling Wilkinson), both in a firm about to come under heavy fire for abetting some serious corporate malfeasance.

Out of their element and under heavy fire, the team must join forces with their Saudi counterparts.

Look up any concept in the book's index — charter schools, constructivism, international schooling models, teacher tenure — and you can be sure it comes under heavy fire.

Under heavy fire from one of the strangest moral coalitions in history, all the sites began ducking for cover and ditching porn right and left.

Part of the problem with tax code reform is that it will be nearly impossible to make everybody happy, and «special interest» tax breaks will come under heavy fire.

Quantic Dream, the developers of Detroit: Become Human are under heavy fire from activists, critics and politicians alike, after airing the controversial gameplay trailer at Paris Game Week 2017.

After EA came under heavy fire from fans with its implementation of loot boxes in Battlefront II and with Destiny 2 also being under scrutiny for the same issue - Anthem will need to get this element of the game just right.