Sentence examples for be powerless to block from inspiring English sources
And after 2014, Britain might be powerless to block it.
The eventual bill from the review he is now conducting could run into billions of pounds of additional spending which (if he is right) the Treasury would be powerless to block.
That meant that if Jupiter defaulted, NetRatings would be able effectively to take control of the company, and in that case the F.T.C. would be powerless to block it.
The courts will be powerless to block those kinds of laws from going into effect if the GOP candidates have their way, and states would have the power to ban abortion, sodomy, birth control, gay marriage and whatever else a majority of state lawmakers morally oppose.
Simply put, Detroit and the other companies need Washington's help, and they are powerless to block the rules Washington dictates.
The Somali official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the topic, said that Sheik Sharif was not happy with the prospect that Ethiopian troops would return, "but he has no choice" because his government ruled only a small area of the capital and was powerless to block the move.
The decision to push forward in the waning days of the Legislature's lame-duck session infuriated outnumbered Democrats, who resorted to parliamentary maneuvers to slow action but were powerless to block the bills.
Israel were powerless to stop him.
He was powerless to stop them, the master replied.
America and the world was powerless to stop the attack, and powerless to stop watching.
And I have been powerless to stop it.
