Sentence examples for block the offering from inspiring English sources

Despite Royal Mail's troubled financial position, union leaders remain opposed to the share sale, and have vowed to call a number of strikes by the end of the year in an attempt to block the offering.

In a letter on Friday, three Democratic lawmakers – Senators Al Franken of Minnesota, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut – wrote to Mary L. Schapiro, the S.E.C.'s chairwoman, urging the commission to block the offering unless the clause was removed.

In a letter on Friday, three Democratic lawmakers - Senators Al Franken of Minnesota, Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut - wrote to Mary Schapiro, the S.E.C.'s chairwoman, urging the commission to block the offering unless the clause was removed.

Instead of retreating, Atanackovic charged the keeper and blocked the offering right when the ball was kicked.

As the IPO drew closer, there were moves by a number of congressman and senators to block the stock offering and to raise taxes on private equity firms and/or their partners proposals many attributed in part to the extravagance of the party.

According to one source at the paper, executives have devised a plan to block the case by offering money to the celebrity PR agent Max Clifford to persuade him to settle his legal action over the illegal ­interception of his voicemail messages.

Trump's decision comes two weeks after the House rejected an amendment to the annual defense policy bill that would have blocked the Pentagon from offering gender transition therapies to active-duty service members.

Theoretically, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) decrease the availability of signals by blocking the transcription process, thereby offering an opportunity to dissect the relative roles of neurotransmitters that elicit similar biological responses.

They plump for print or TV ads bought from people they've been having lunch with for years, rather than trying out the new kids on the block offering the big audiences of an age more mature peers struggle to reach.

He reserved his harshest words for the entertainment industry, which he said was "shooting itself in the foot, or maybe worse than in the foot" by lobbying for legislation to block sites offering pirate material.

Presumably, holders would prefer that to the puny payment MBIA was offering, in that way blocking the MBIA strategy.