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Meanings of pressure group in inglés

ruso
группа давления
portugués
grupo de pressão
catalán
grup de pressió
español
lobby

Organization that wants to influence public policy and state action in its favor.

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Usage of pressure group in inglés
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Every other pressure group in the city certainly seems to manage.
The evolutionary void
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Unless these questions are answered, Labour is reduced to an ineffective pressure group.
The Guardian
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Its principal value will be as a pressure group for peace.
The new yorker
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Another pressure group, the National Council Against Smoking, has also criticized the advert.
Reuters
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Helen Shaw, from the pressure group Inquest, is shocked by the speed of events.
The Guardian
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Eventually he came across a pressure group called Generation Rent.
The Guardian
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The source of the drones was unclear but pressure group Greenpeace denied any involvement.
Radio NZ
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Their rage on internet forums coalesced into a dedicated pressure group, calling themselves Racebending.
The Guardian
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He also sat on the executive of the rightwing pressure group the Monday Club.
The Guardian
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The pressure group An Dream Dearg are probably most representative of the push for legislation.
The Irish Times
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Emerson Yuntho, an official at Indonesia Corruption Watch, a pressure group, welcomed the stiff sentences.
Reuters
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The lower-margin business will pressure group margins in 2011.
Reuters
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It's moved on from being a single-issue pressure group.
The Guardian
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A pressure group even told a Zambian delegation that GM crops might cause retroviral infections.
The Rational Optimist
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In a response today to London-based pressure group Privacy International, she says the inquiry is ongoing.
Radio NZ
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One U.S. pressure group, which backs tougher sanctions against Tehran, has already criticised the London conference.
Reuters