Sentence examples for block the development from inspiring English sources

Lawyers representing a firefighter who is suing to block the development of a Muslim community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan filed a motion on Tuesday seeking to block the developers from doing any construction on the site.

Critics have said that they hope to block the development.

Nevertheless, disagreements, no matter how complex and painful, must not block the development of ties along other lines.

"Not only male condoms but female condoms as well," Dr. Piot said, adding that very conservative views about women block the development and distribution of female condoms.

Greenpeace and other anti-GM groups have been accused of "ignoring and fabricating evidence" in their campaign to block the development of genetically modified crops.

An anti-growth coalition swept the Republicans off the town board and replaced them with a 4-to-1 Democratic majority, which succeeded in stopping Merrill Lynch's preferred sewer option -- it has others -- but could not block the development.

On Nov. 14, State Supreme Court in Brooklyn dismissed a case brought by a coalition of residents, politicians and businesses to block the development on the ground that the impact on the neighborhood had not been adequately assessed.

Mr. Bush's views on the administration's recently completed effort to block the development of roadless areas of federal lands, essentially putting those areas off limits to loggers and oil drillers, was complex.

Political activists and opposition members of Parliament demonstrated this week to demand an end to the emergency law, which has allowed the president and his allies to block the development of any viable political opposition.

A night of pre-revolution television programmes featured classics such as a description of a kiwi fruit, and He Who Searches Finds, a film about rebellious workers who try to block the development of the socialist economy in a washing machine company.

Britain's female athletes enjoyed their best ever Games in 2012, but the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation  says fundamental obstacles still block the development of girls in sport.