"government" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Other governments lobbied for their companies, as well, though none brought in quite as many top-level officials as the United States did.
- Although the resolution is not binding, the Japanese government, with the support of the Bush administration, has lobbied fiercely against it.
- The Canadian government has been lobbying hard against international restrictions on its tar sands fuels, which result in much greater carbon emissions than conventional crudes.
- The country's center-right government has lobbied hard to get rid of the law since coming to power nearly three years ago.
- The Chinese government has been lobbying to get the sanctions lifted without success.
- The dispute has even tinged diplomatic relations between the countries, after the German government lobbied unsuccessfully for Fraport.
- French citizens overwhelmingly opposed the war, and the French government lobbied hard to delay its outset in the weeks before the invasion began.
- The local government has been lobbying to the state and federal governments to fund another freeway exit, because the current one is almost at capacity.
- The government, worried about further damaging Switzerland's image, is lobbying strongly against the measure.
- The Canadian government and a coalition of business groups in both countries have been lobbying for a postponement, and they have a point.
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