Sentence examples for block the efforts from inspiring English sources

If someone tries to game the results, an expert presumably would block the efforts.

"This is the liberals -- Marcus and his crew -- trying to block the efforts for us to become a true Republican party.

As a senior executive at Ernst & Young a few years ago, Mr. Herdman even led a successful effort to block the efforts of an industry-sponsored oversight board to monitor the top firms.

A plain and simple rule like that will block the efforts of lobbyists, lawyers and contribution-hungry legislators to keep the ultrarich paying rates well below those incurred by people with income just a tiny fraction of ours.

Already, Oklahoma water officials are trying to block the efforts of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in the southeastern part of the state to exert some control over any transfer of water from their section of the Kiamichi River basin to allow for continued growth in Oklahoma City's expanding suburbs.

Mr. Giuliani created the commission in part to block the efforts of Peter F. Vallone, the Speaker of the City Council, to put a referendum on the stadium proposal on November's ballot; according to city law, a charter-related question takes precedence over other ballot questions.

Mitreski slides in to block the effort.

A very mello Kello does well to block the effort at his post.

The home builders are already organizing to try to block the effort.

The Senate voted 53 to 41 to block the effort by Mr. Dorgan to require the administration to add a cost projection to the Pentagon bill.

Alan Hansen has spotted the danger and is able to block the effort, but in doing so the ball appears to strike his hand.