Sentence examples for continued blocking from inspiring English sources

Nor should Mr Putin's continued blocking of UN Security Council resolutions authorising intervention in Syria be treated as an insurmountable bar to action, any more than it was in Kosovo in 1999.

For example, Holder's Justice Department has continued blocking lawsuits by people who were subjected to extraordinary rendition — the practice of sending suspected terrorists captured abroad to countries known for administering torture — on the ground that such litigation would expose state secrets.

The government was ready to make a "donation" if Repsol was given a concession in the Nasiriya field, despite the fact that the UN had just issued a series of resolutions condemning Iraq's continued blocking of inspections, according to El Mundo newspaper, which quoted official documents.

to not mess with filibuster rules, Reid says Republicans threw that agreement out the window months ago as they continued blocking a number of Obama's nominees.

The signing of the 1982 US-PRC Joint Communiqué was a major agreement on arms sales, which continued blocking sales of the F-5G to Taiwan.

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis similarly applauded Obama for making the NLRB appointments and said that had he not done so, Republicans would have continued blocking the nominees to the detriment of the economy.

But the storm continues, blocking out 99percentt of the direct sunlight.

If so, Republicans would prefer to continue blocking Garland's nomination even after a Clinton win.

A Democratic takeover of the House would raise the odds that Congress would continue blocking cuts to research.

Bank of America won a bid to continue blocking regulators from gaining access to more than $1 billion in cash and loans held by the bankrupt Colonial BancGroup.

The medicine, known chemically as methylnaltrexone, stops opioids from interfering with bowel movements, while allowing the drugs to continue blocking pain.