Sentence examples for Impose roadblocks from inspiring English sources

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In an age when communities routinely turn out to protest group homes for the adult developmentally disabled or impose roadblocks against affordable housing in their villages, the recent renovation of the Scarsdale house is a pointed rebuke to the Nimby factions, said Connie Elkinson, director of community relations for Westhab.

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Wherever the two sides wind up with the percentage of local revenue to be shared, the different methods of distribution will create an imposing roadblock to a settlement.

As fate would have it, he found himself paying Crenshaw's praise forward Thursday — to a 21-year-old, no less, a cold-blooded competitor in Jordan Spieth who put up an imposing roadblock to Els' latest pursuit of a Masters title.

on Friday slammed the Obama administration for imposing unnecessary roadblocks on allegedly defrauded for-profit college students eligible for debt cancellations, joining other prominent lawmakers and consumer groups urging Education Secretary Arne Duncan to stop prolonging distress for swindled student debtors.

More than any roadblocks imposed by the center-left opposition, Mr. Berlusconi's difficulty in imposing reform lies within his own center-right coalition, an amalgam of the powerful Northern League, which is fighting to keep tax revenue local, and Southern politicians from a more jobs-for-votes tradition.

The fight for climate progress already faces enough obstacles without the additional roadblocks imposed by the TPP and TTIP.

Roadblocks imposed by organized crime were set up in Reynosa following the death of Antonio Ezequiel, but it is unclear if they were directly related to his death.

In contrast, the Palestinian economy is "severely constrained by a multi-layered system of restrictions" imposed by Israel, including roadblocks, checkpoints and limited access to land, water, and fertilisers.

Roadblocks and curfews imposed by Israel should be lifted.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 12 — Iraqi military commanders signaled Monday that they would soon remove some roadblocks and other restrictions that had been imposed over the past nine months as part of the effort to reduce violence here in the capital.

But this time the police imposed round-the-clock patrols, installed surveillance cameras, set up roadblocks, inspected cars and checked pedestrians for identification.

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