I have bowed legs.
J'ai les jambes arquées.
They could have bowed down and not gotten into trouble.
Ils pourraient s'être prosternés et ne pas avoir eu tant d'ennuis.
Faced with the diktat imposed on it, nearly all its members have bowed.
Devant le diktat qui lui est imposé, presque tous ses membres ont fléchi le genou.
I do not for one second believe that you would have bowed to the pressure of certain Member States.
Je ne peux pas croire un seul instant que vous auriez cédé à la pression de certains États membres.
It is therefore quite impossible to understand why the Council and the Commission have bowed to pressure from the alcohol lobby to such an extent.
De ce point de vue il est absolument incompréhensible que l'on ait plié autant sous la pression du lobby de l'alcool.
Those on the right of Parliament have bowed to political pressure from the European Commission which has always operated a double standard in its dealings with us on the subject of Turkey.
L'aile de droite du Parlement a cédé, entre autres, à la pression politique de la Commission européenne, qui a toujours tenu un double langage à l'égard de la Turquie.
Not only was that commitment not honoured, but subsequent budgets, including the one for 1999, have been adapted to the dictates of a phoney EMU and have bowed to decisions made by bankers.
Or, cet engagement n'a pas été tenu. Au contraire, les budgets suivants, y compris le budget 99, ont dû s'incliner devant les impératifs d'une prétendue Union économique monétaire et se soumettre aux décisions des banquiers.
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