Sentence examples for allowed to block a from inspiring English sources

Thanks to a no-action letter from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Walmart was allowed to block a shareholder vote on a resolution that would require it to disclose any gender pay gap.

Parents are allowed to block access to a child's data by signing a form.

Parents are allowed to block access to a child's information by signing an opt-out form.

How, they ask, can 4m Irish people be allowed to block the adoption of a constitution for 470m Europeans?

Duncan Smith said Berlin exercised the "ultimate power" over what changes the prime minister sought from Brussels and was allowed to block the idea of a cap on foreign workers coming to the EU.

When one gigantic corporate entity is allowed to block farmers from planting a seed without compensating that monopoly, the farmers are held in bondage to uncontrolled price increases.

The government's golden share, which would have allowed it to block a takeover, was abolished in 2003.

Because nucleotide patterns repeat many times within the human genome and, for that matter, in the genomes of other species these claims, if enforced, would have allowed Myriad to block a wide range of research and clinical testing.

If allowed to completely block a section of sewer, a fatberg could cause flooding and destroy streets, businesses and homes across London.

The government holds a golden share in Rolls which allows it to block a takeover by a foreign bidder and restrict any foreign investor from holding more than 15% of the company's shares.

Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary Committee have not resolved their dispute over the "blue-slip policy" that allows senators to block a nominee by filing a blue slip with the committee.