Sentence examples for efforts frustrated from inspiring English sources

In California the legislature has attempted to protect public health by banning some toxic chemicals, only to see their efforts frustrated when banned chemicals are replaced by substitutes that pose risks that are similar to or worse than the original, or that are unknown.

"People need to understand that any significant Internet investigation is likely to cross national boundaries, and too often, law enforcement bodies that are all keen to tackle the harm that's caused by the Internet find their efforts frustrated because the law that applies in one country doesn't apply in another".

The Soviet defensive effort frustrated Hitler's attack on Moscow, capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the largest Soviet city.

There is a courageous dedication in all of this, an Orwellian desire to bring back stories from the down-and-out and the voiceless, but there are, too, habits in Judah's approach that render some of the effort frustrating to the reader.

His efforts were frustrated by those inside the Labour party and labour movement.

But their efforts were frustrated by poor communications with people back home.

While the Germans retained the initiative at Verdun, their efforts were frustrated by events nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) away.

It's understandable that their initial efforts were frustrated; prosecutions of accused terrorists have made Islamic separatists tight-lipped.

His tactics foreshadowed those of Charles Stewart Parnell, but Duffy's efforts were frustrated by factionalism and by lack of support from the Irish clergy, who thought him too radical.

In November 1939, during the Soviet Union's invasion of Finland, Russian efforts were frustrated following the destruction of two armored divisions by Finnish soldiers on skis.

Kesselring now concentrated on shoring up his forces by moving the required tonnages of supplies from Sicily but his efforts were frustrated by Allied aircraft and submarines.