Sentences with phrase «weaken support»

It claims, for instance, that it organised rallies in Nigeria to weaken support for the opposition in 2007.

Unfortunately for Romney, even if he were to win support among independents by raising global warming as a problem to deal with, it would weaken support among his conservative base, researchers say.

Concern with relatively small effects of possible anthropogenic caused global warming is a misplaced distraction, and will probably lead to the public losing confidence in scientists, and could weaken the support needed when real problems occur.»

Critics were concerned his appointment would weaken support for climate research.

20 September, 1995 Testified before the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment in an apparent attempt to weaken support for ozone protection laws.

After earning a record - breaking $ 36.1 billion last year, Exxon wants to avoid backlash from consumers angry about high gas prices and weaken support for the Windfall Profits Tax proposals before Congress.

On the other hand, those who have been trying to build bipartisan support for charter schools worry that Trump's negative comments about African - Americans and Latinos during the campaign could create a backlash and weaken support among progressives, Education Week reports.

Were you all aware at the time that the absence of vouchers might weaken support for the law among conservatives?

The partisan maneuvering has the potential to weaken support for a Republican - backed bill set to come to the floor Thursday.

Senator Ali Wakili has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo's statement will not weaken the support base of President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019.

In the 1984 general election, the free - market New Zealand Party deliberately ran for office in order to weaken support for the incumbent Prime Minister Robert Muldoon.

Although Labour's poll rating is anaemic, the party has not yet suffered the degree of electoral damage that would weaken support for Corbyn among the unions and members.

He very clearly and convincingly lays out the argument that Al Qaeda attacked us to weaken our support for middle eastern dictators and monarchies in favor of a Taliban - style sharia - law - based state.

But we recognized that the more realistic goal was to weaken the support of economic ideology and the policies it generates on the part of people of good will.

However, that's too strong a conclusion to draw from the YouGov data so I've amended it to reflect the broader point about weakening support from full members.

In short, there seems to be some evidence that better information about a district's ranking weakens support for accountability, but the downward shift is modest relative to the overall support for these policies, and it is generally limited to residents of below - average districts.

The Eugene district and others in Oregon have faced continuing budget shortfalls that resulted in shorter school years, larger class sizes and weakened support systems.

Latest poll shows weakening support for Our Schools Now tax plan.

There are other possible natural explanations for the failure, such as creating a slurry and pushing - out earth below the wall and weakening the support that way, construction flaws in the walls, design flaws, material flaws, debris strikes that damaged the wall, etc..

Among children living in stressful circumstances, maternal depressive symptoms may provoke a negative developmental cascade, reducing the availability of maternal warmth and support in parent — child interactions, thereby weakening support for the child's developing emotion and stress regulation capacities.

Not exact matches

«I think Peter Thiel supports Donald Trump because he believes it's a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to weaken America's attachment to democratic government,» Bercovici wrote in July.

I think Peter Thiel supports Donald Trump because he believes it's a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to weaken America's attachment to democratic government.

The fact is, such manipulating as Beijing has done over the last 18 months has been to support the renminbi rather than weaken it.

«This morning the greenback is weakening again, and this is supporting the recovery of the (gold) price after Friday's fall, which was mostly due to growing expectations for a hawkish Fed in 2018,» ActivTrades» chief analyst Carlo Alberto de Casa said.

In a bid to win Moscow's support, the draft that was vetoed had been weakened to simply «note with particular concern» the violation, which was reported to the council by U.N. experts monitoring sanctions.

So, if the greenback continues to weaken this year as he expects, it could help support higher gold prices.

In view of the absence of agreed precise estimates of the yuan's fair value, the US Treasury will likely have sufficient «wiggle room» to maintain their position, despite the weakening of support.

Leung's failure to demonstrate his competence and leadership will weaken Beijing's case and broaden the support for democracy in Hong Kong.

Despite weakening performance in leading stocks and recent broad market distribution (higher volume selling) that sparked the new «sell» signal, it's important to note that both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are still trading firmly above key, intermediate - term support of their 50 - day moving averages.

Both studies show the following: the one / two punch of monetary / fiscal policy weakened when fiscal support for the recovery faded.

In addition, the more that consumer spending weakens, the greater the probability that the Fed might be inclined to delay further rate hikes, which would undermine support for the U.S. dollar index (DXY, 99.32).

«The surprise decision by the Fed to continue buying bonds has maintained the increased liquidity in the market, helping to support the euro, as well as weakening the dollar,» Hood says.

Insofar as that support includes advocacy in Washington, D.C. for institutions of Christian higher education, we believe our association with the CCCU significantly weakens our collective voice for our distinctive mission, at a time when we are under increasing scrutiny.

To me, the most effective way of doing so is pointing out the sheer absurdity of their beliefs in public forums such as this, so as to weaken the underlying social support and impetus for such draconian views.

1973 - 1975: U.S. supports Kurdish rebels in Iraq in order to strengthen Iran and weaken the then pro-Soviet Iraqi regime.

As established, culturally supported religious practices and traditional communities have weakened, many people feel the need for some way of dealing with their inner stress and emptiness.

Yet in the long run, the power of the claim is weakened when no conceptuality is available to support it, and it is to offer such a conceptuality that this paper has been prepared.

This appears to be the only conclusion to be drawn from the real and underlying message of the piece, conveyed by its final one - sentence paragraph: «In short, Summorum Pontificum weakens the unity of the Church by failing to support the foundational insights of the Second Vatican Council»: the most «foundational» of all those insights, it goes without saying, being the absolute discontinuity between the preconciliar and post-conciliar Churches.

But the same social changes that have attenuated family ties have also weakened traditional support systems outside the family.

Without support from the congregational end, the churches inevitably are weakened.

St Bernard makes an important point for readers of Faith, «The beams (of the building — cf. Song 1:4) are the supporting structure of doctrine and regulations that prevent weakening of the structure by individuals.

Not all forgot, but enough did to weaken the movement and to carry it in a direction the Wesley could not have supported.

Pope John Paul clearly did (think of his trust in Cardinal Sodano and all that led to, including his support for Fr Maciel and his appointment - on the advice of nuncios appointed by Sodano - of a whole raft of weak and liberal bishops most of whom are still in place and still weakening the Church).

Doesn't it weaken both side's argument that both sides use the Bible as their support?

Possible rotations which wouldn't weaken the team significantly... Gab for Per Debuchy for Hector (if Debuchy is alright) Gibbs for Monreal Theo for Rambo (Theo can play as a true RW with Debuchy being restraint in his forward runs) Jack for Santi (Jack to do the Deep Lying role) Welbz for Sanchez (stick to the right... will support Gibbs on his forward runs) Rosicky for Ozil (TR7 is still an effective creator and adds bite to the midfield)

They told him he had the heart of an 80 - year - old man, weakened and incapable of supporting exercise.

Whether Koscielny does manage to return on Sunday or not, I firmly expect us to stick with our new system, as his absence would weaken our defence, and the new formation is supposed to give extra support at the back.

While the SNA currently seeks to weaken somewhat the nutrition standards relating to whole grains and sodium, the organization continues to support the rest of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA)'s 2012 overhaul of school meals, such as calorie caps, more fruits and vegetables, etc..

The future of this support should not be put at risk or undermined by weakening the body of evidence currently used.

We support Representative Stephen Kulik's (D - Worthington) consensus bill (H. 756) that would strengthen our existing endangered species law, and we continue to oppose any legislation that would repeal or weaken it.