Sentences with phrase «under the spotlight since»

Lawmakers» outside income has been under a spotlight since the arrest and conviction last year of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) on charges that he pocketed more than $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks that were disguised as legal fees.

Ofsted is this week expected to release a series of reports on schools under the spotlight since the unsubstantiated «Trojan Horse» allegations emerged.

Qatar's events industry has been under the spotlight since the country won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup last year.

Undoubtedly destined to be one of the biggest - selling games of 2012, Black Ops II has been under the spotlight since the announcement of its release in February.

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The Portuguese international has a contract with Los Blancos for another three years and has been by far their best player since he moved to the club from United back in 2009, though his future has often come under the spotlight.

Manchester United's world recording signing Paul Pogba has been under the blazing heat of a critical spotlight ever since his move from Juventus during the summer.

The midfielder was promoted to the first - team setup by Martin Jol just after the World Cup and has since morphed into Dutch football's biggest talent, revelling in the spotlight after transforming into a world - class star from the same academy De Boer was produced from, under his management.

Since December, Louis van Gaal has been under the spotlight following a brutal run of form that put an end to United's title aspirations and with the sacking of Jose Mourinho by Chelsea, it was assumed that the Portuguese manager would...

Since state governors and vacant Senate seats are under the spotlight at the moment thanks to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, SNL turned its focus to New York, where Governor David Paterson is set to appoint someone to fill Hillary Clinton's empty... Read

Ever since the Snowden revelations, state surveillance programmes have increasingly come under the spotlight, despite government denials.

However, since picking up this Veggie Bullet, I now know which one would be at the top under the spotlight.

Robert Pattinson has been (understandably) flying under the radar since his world exploded when Kristen Stewart cheated on him with the director of Snow White and the Huntsman, but now Cosmopolis is coming out and it's time for him to crawl out of his shell and back into the spotlight.

We weren't expecting to see more of Silent Hills this soon, especially since it's reportedly releasing in 2016, but apparently, the title will be under spotlight on Konami's conference stage.

Since 2012, this growing band of charities, churches, pension funds and commercial fund managers has been putting carbon majors under the spotlight.

Since the Republicans hold the House there is little chance of onerous requirements coming from that source, and it would seem to tend toward a generally heightened awareness of the full spectrum of alarmist activities, some of which might not fare well under the glare of the spotlight.

But since there is no way that you can get out of an interview — unless you decide to give up a job opportunity — you have to prepare yourself to be placed under the spotlight.