Sentence examples for be able to obstruct from inspiring English sources
How awkward that the same day Mr. Aslund insists the Communists will no longer be able to obstruct market reforms, Mr. Putin joins with the Communists to renominate a Communist as speaker of Parliament.
Justice Lowell Goddard, the New Zealand judge appointed to run the long-awaited independent inquiry into child abuse within state and non-state institutions, vowed that no individual or institution however powerful would be able to obstruct her investigations.
H.M.O.s may even be able to obstruct H.I.V., which might explain why more than half of infants who suckle from infected mothers don't get infected, despite drinking virus-loaded milk for months.
You would want it to be able to obstruct the Government, to ask ministers whether they were sure that they were right, to force them to take account of inconvenient points that had been made in high-quality debates.
When White House officials started pointing out to reporters recent remarks by the Republican leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, that he wished Republicans had been able to obstruct more, Mr. McConnell's office fired off e-mails standing behind the remarks.
"To make the EU into a real actor on the global scene we believe that we should in the long term introduce more majority decisions in the common foreign and security policy sphere, or at least prevent one single member state from being able to obstruct initiatives," the document said.
And, in Congress, all they seem to be able to do is oppose and obstruct.
The Democratic majority are expected to reject the House's resolution either on Sunday or Monday, but may not be able to mount a vote if obstructed by Republicans such as Ted Cruz.
Instrumentation should also be able to be moved easily and not delay or obstruct mining operations so as to keep production on schedule.
There is a slim chance that eventually she will be able to see out of her left eye, which had previously been obstructed by the tumor.
