Sentences with phrase «vocal support from»

This decision came despite vocal support from the UK government, and recommendations from local planners that the project be approved.

«Although there is a weak evidence base for some practice, it gains acceptance largely through vocal support from prominent advocates and faith that the mechanism of action is sound.

Second, a factor that became important in the late 1980's was strong and vocal support from some segments of the environmental community.

Despite strenuous efforts, and with vocal support from the public, the Audience All Stars could not keep up with such bold originality.

Vocal support from teachers and administrators can make a world of difference.

He also discovers that the perks go beyond vocal support from fans.

Mr Allen has secured vocal support from all three of the main party leaders in Whitehall.

He did hear some vocal support from Democratic Legislator Peter Savage, who like Republican lawmakers called for more information to be made available but also had good words for Siragusa.

It is clear from the lack of vocal support from the Labour right (e.g. Chuka Umunna, Caroline Flint, John Woodcock.....)

The attempt comes days after Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart and her Chinese joint venture partner Shanghai CRED launched a $ 365 million bid which could be approved within six weeks following vocal support from politicians.

Not exact matches

«Some of the large retailers who are big importers have been some of the most vocal opponents,» Rosenberg said, noting they haven't been the only ones who have come out against the proposal, but also pointing to support the plan has from companies such as Boeing, General Electric, and Johnson and Johnson.

She answers reader - submitted running questions (for example: «How to Bounce Back from a Bad Race like a Badass»), shares her thoughts via journal entries and poems, and is a vocal advocate for clean competition, supporting women in sport, and maternal health around the world.

With the plan expected to add a cost of 1.9 per cent per employee and the likelihood that employees over the age of 50 may never benefit from their own contributions, roundtable members were vocal in their concerns about the plan's impact on both competitiveness and employee support.

Countering these arguments, Andrew Cuomo has cobbled together a coalition to support his amendment, the most vocal of which have been the business leaders who stand to profit from casinos and public sector workers, primarily teacher's unions, who will be the beneficiary of increased state revenues.

Vocal production should be supported from the lungs, not the mouth, and the final syllables of words should not be clipped.

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mostly to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Christian position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mosty to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Chrisitan position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

It's also partly due to the section of fans occupying seats at club level be they tourists, business associates etc they simply do not provide vocal support during the 90 minutes, I say this from first hand experience, feeling almost awkward trying to get a chant going in this section as it does not seem this is the done thing.

Arsene Wenger must be feeling that the whole world is against him at the minute, with an aggressive media and pressure from a small number of vocal Arsenal fans as well, so his is in need of a bit of support from the people who owe him the most, the Arsenal players themselves.

With the repatriation of all its citizens now impossible — particularly the most vocal opposition activists who left Rwanda in the post-1998 period and were thus unaffected (in theory) by the Clause's implementation — the Rwandan government shifted its approach to generously support a range of other initiatives and durable solutions in refugee - hosting states, for example the provision of passports to Rwandan refugees abroad from visiting delegations.

The results of the poll indicate a clear majority support the all - night format among the public and, given the vocal support coming from a number of party figures, across the political spectrum as well.

Kearns has been a vocal critic of Silver since the Vito Lopez scandal but only Charles Barron, a freshman Democrat from Brooklyn, joined him in not supporting Silver as Speaker earlier this month.

That ever - shrinking but always vocal constituency within the Labour party that is impressed by such a show of fundraising largesse would be well advised to stop for a moment, consider what tactics brought a dip in our membership, a loss of intellectual dexterity in power, & loss of trust & support among the wider public, & to not be jellylegged by the implied promises of favour from vested interests that such large donations are supposed to signify.

The rally was organized by the Professional Staff Congress, the union representing CUNY faculty and staff, with support from the Strong Economy for All Coalition, VOCAL New York, FPI, New York Communities for Change, and Assembly member Yuh - Line Niou.

• What I find most striking is the way the three «establishment» candidates and their vocal supporters — from Alan Johnson to Tony Blair to Betty Boothroyd — are happy to call those party members and supporters who are minded to support Jeremy Corbyn extremists, mad, destructive, stupid and ill - intentioned, but show no sign of any introspection as to why this surge in support for Mr Corbyn has come about.

The increase in Cuomo's numbers — and the drop in support for Trump — come amid a series of stumbles for the new president during his first month in office and the Democratic governor's vocal opposition to a temporary ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries and refugees.

The push to raise the minimum wage has got some vocal support lately from Speaker Silver and Senate IDC leader Jeff Klein.

For now, the most vocal upstate support for Skelos has come from one of the lawmakers believed to be in line to replace him: Sen. Cathy Young.

A vocal supporter of Israel, Mr. Jeffries has attracted significant funding from national Jewish donors over the years, though his support for the Iran deal could be an obstacle in the future.

None of this would have been possible without the support, love and vocal singalong to finish the night that came from the fantastic audience at the show.

After securing the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's Screenwriting award, a slot on the National Board of Review's top ten list of indie films, and the vocal support of critical heavy hitters like A.O. Scott, Lake Bell's pitch - perfectly precise comedy In A World... announced itself as one of the more confident debut features in recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writer.

To date, this has been a local phenomenon, based on support from vocal families and signals from the teacher labor market.

State Representative Dawn White is receiving political support from the Washington, D.C. - based Tennessee Federation for Children in part because of her support for legislation that would have silenced some of the most vocal critics of school voucher programs.

In New Jersey's march to roll out new academic standards and testing in public schools, some of the strongest and most vocal support has come from the state's colleges and universities.

Other critics have been vocal because of the lack of support from the NEA towards policies dealing with voucher programs, merit pay, and the removal of «bad» teachers.

That's based in large part on loyal, vocal support for her from the families of her student body, which is overwhelmingly poor, black and Latino — groups among whom opposition to Trump in the election was particularly strong.

The bottom line of my past ranting is that those who are good are being swamped and disadvantaged by the vocal majority — who are simply poor writers and poorly supported from a polished end product point of view.

Nor is it any secret that many of those complaining about Amazon removing reviews from Clinton's book have been vocal in demanding Amazon remove 1 - star reviews that attack books by authors they support.

That is mostly due to the fact that the author opens the book on the brink of proposing to his only real long - term girlfriend despite the break - up that resulted in a two month hiatus and the lack of any coherent support whatsoever from his overly vocal father.

Whether you agree with Macmillan's push for new terms of sale for their ebooks or not, one thing that's been particularly impressive is the extremely vocal support they've received from their authors, particularly those published by their sci - fi / fantasy imprint Tor / Forge.

You might recognise Nelson from his vocal support of Microsoft's bid to acquire Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ: YHOO) last year (you can see his Seeking Alpha articles on the subject here and here).

Major in - kind support also came from Amerlux Lighting, with additional in - kind contributions by Riot Creative Imaging, An ARC Document Solutions Company; The Lapis Press; Langan; Syracuse University Libraries and the School of Architecture, Syracuse University; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University; Rafael Viñoly Architects; Portland Cement Association; Department of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries; Steven Holl Architects; The Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania; Visual Vocal; Brooklyn Museum; Morphosis; and Volume, Inc..

Though not CMOS's first public statement, it was one of the most «vocal about climate change of late» due to the fact «that Canada's new Conservative government does not support the Kyoto Protocol for lower emissions of greenhouse gases, and opposed stricter emissions for a post-Kyoto agreement at a United Nations meeting in Bonn in May [2006]» and because «a small, previously invisible group of global warming sceptics called the Friends of Science are suddenly receiving attention from the Canadian government and media,» Leahy wrote.

From Apple, Facebook and Google telling North Carolina to keep its renewable energy mandates in place to business leaders coming out in vocal support of Obama's Clean Power Plan, as companies beef up their own sustainability commitments, they also appear willing to defend and demand policy that makes those commitments easier to achive.

On orchestral tracks, like the opening scene from John Adams» The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the lower register instrumentation sounds vibrant and full, but still plays a supporting role to the bright presence of the higher register brass, strings, and vocals.

In the past several months, women across the country have become more vocal about their rights, from standing up to sexual harassment to supporting each other in the workplace.

However, on the issue of the removal of children, there was a sense of much greater understanding and greater vocal and visible support from non-Indigenous Australians.