Sentences with phrase «was under pressure from»

Environmental activists suggest that Environment Minister Prentice was under pressure from industry.

We had a problem: our client was under pressure from the rating agencies to decrease our exposure to Tyco.

I knew that Ollie (Oliver Gavin) was under pressure from the Porsches as well, so we were managing that gap too.

Before that revelation, Horn almost certainly was under pressure from VW management in Wolfsburg to improve the brand's flagging sales in the U.S. Volkswagen sales started to rise, briefly, when the North American - specific 2012 Passat went on sale under Englishman Browning's leadership, but sales slid in calendar year 2014 and» 15, despite strong sales increases for the industry, as the car began to age.

For quite some time Moodle was under pressure from instructional designers to make SCORM module in Moodle more user friendly.

Cuomo was under pressure from Latino legislators who have been increasingly concerned that the immigrant community will be scared to contact police, or use emergency services for fear that they will be deported through the program.

The Sunday Telegraph claims it has seen documents which revealed the CQC was intent on suppressing negative publicity and was under pressure from Labour ministers in the run - up to the 2010 election.

Gov. Cuomo, who was under pressure from the Working Families Party according to the New York Daily News, had called for the IDC to realign with the mainline Democrats and said he would campaign against them if they did not.

The then Tory leader was under pressure from his own backbenchers and wanted to stop Tory voters from drifting to UKIP at the 2010.

Although councils had already suffered deep cuts under Labour in the 1970s, Heseltine was under pressure from Thatcher and from Conservative MPs and newspapers to cut more.

It is clear he was under pressure from within the party not to say what he really thought.

The government was under pressure from Outer London Conservatives to free them from the «tax high, spend high» council, and was keen to be rid of the GLC for ideological reasons.

The centre half back was under pressure from the get go.

Oier Olazábal had no spectacular saves to make but was under pressure from Vitolo and Correa on either wing — in addition to a marauding Šime Vrsaljko, who was looking for someone to latch onto his crosses.

Pole - sitter Laliberté realised he was under pressure from Armstrong and defended the inside line as Armstrong attempted to hang it out around the outside.

Today the shoe was on another foot, it was us under pressure from a determined home side.

While talk two years ago was that Gillette was under pressure from the rise of hipster beards and cheaper blades, Procter & Gamble's most recent quarterly sales show grooming sales were up 9 per cent because of price rises and better sales of higher - margin products.

However, the education market was under pressure from strong Chromebook demand.

Yahoo was under pressure from shareholders to find a way to unlock the value of its Asian investments, and the sale of its core operations to Verizon was the first step.

Often, the users I got phone calls from were frustrated or were under pressure from somebody higher up at their company.

And some still - unapproved firms are under pressure from their impatient investors, who have leased buildings, hired staff and paid legal fees with no returns in sight.

Unions demand export licences The Rudd Government is under pressure from Australia's two biggest mining unions to reintroduce export licences that could stop Chinese and other foreign interests forcing down export prices.

The Anglo - Dutch oil major, whose acquisition of BG Group transformed it into the world's top liquefied natural gas producer, has been under pressure from shareholders to cut annual spending to ensure it can maintain its dividend given the slow recovery in the oil prices.

Realtors» commissions are under pressure from cheaper online marketing systems.

The Detroit automakers have been under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to add jobs in the United States, but declining U.S. sales and stalled share values are exerting a stronger force.

The oil market will be under pressure from this issue going into the winter months, says trader Anthony Grisanti.

Rival mall owner Macerich currently is under pressure from activist hedge fund Third Point Management to explore options including a sale.

«The first quarter's slowdown was led by consumers, whose incomes are under pressure from slowing employment and wage growth as well as rising inflation.

The marketplace push comes at a time when growth in Walmart's $ 13 billion e-commerce business is slowing and the company is under pressure from investors to speed it back up again.

The company is under pressure from Wall Street to after its most recent quarterly revenue report missed analyst expectations, sending shares plummeting.

Uber has been under pressure from investors and has faced flak over the past year over issues ranging from workplace ethics and sexual harassment allegations.

She doesn't want to shock the markets (unless there's a good reason to do so), and she's under pressure from hawks and doves to raise and not raise rates, respectively.

Whole Foods has been under pressure from activist investor Jana Partners and money manager Neuberger Berman, which have called on Whole Foods to sell itself.

Active asset managers are under pressure from index - tracking passive funds, which charge lower fees, and there are other possible bidders for Hermes, which has nearly 31 billion pounds ($ 41 billion) in assets under management, include Australian fund manager Challenger (CGF.AX) and U.S. firms Old Mutual Asset Management OMAM.N and Eaton Vance (EV.N), the source added.

Rent - A-Center Inc (NASDAQ: RCII) has been under pressure from activist investors to explore a sale, and said in early April it plans on reaching a decision by the second quarter.

Benchmark Capital is under pressure from some to decrease their ownership stake in the embattled company, particularly after it revealed an unusual lawsuit last week against Uber's former CEO Travis Kalanick.

Mr. Powell, no doubt, will be under pressure from the White House and Treasury to keep rates low — even if markets are pushing them upward.

The central bank has been under pressure from Japan's new government to take more aggressive steps to fight the country's long deflationary slump.

The bank's reluctance to aggressively tighten policy in the face of double - digit inflation has increased concern that it is under pressure from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The strategy forced the directors of CIA and IRS to reply, and finally — after all this time — wrung a down - in - the - mouth public apology from Clarence Kelley, the FBI head who has been under pressure from the ranks of bureau faithful not to confess Hoover's wrongdoing.

The UN system, set up basically to legitimize and continue that unjust world order of Western domination, will be under pressure from the poor peoples.

Since China will also be under pressure from international financial institutions to conform increasingly to their patterns, this pressure from without and within may well erode the government's ability to create money.

Thus, in a context where the question of Indian - Christian identity is under pressure from different sides, one is justified in asking what baptism, for example, has really resulted in and how it has been interpreted and understood.

Packagers are under pressure from their customers to find ways of mitigating the harm caused by plastic packaging like never before.

This could well be enough to tempt PSG to sell, as they are under pressure from UEFA to balance the books more and start to comply with the FFP rules.

Because our players don't know how to play with urgency unless they're under pressure from a row of successive crappy games.

im actually looking forward to this game today... * norwich are under pressure staring down at relegation they will fight * arsenal an team are under pressure from fans media an top 4 trophy * protests

Now, why would Wenger leave if he's under no pressure from the directors?

Ox offers a lot more complete game, and when we were under pressure from West Ham, it was good that we had a team that were willing to run, harass, defend, tackle and do everything that is needed to secure the victory -

Daniel Jones should be under pressure from the opening snap against an NIU defense that had the second-most sacks in the country during the regular season.