Sentence examples for failed to obstruct from inspiring English sources

The later study conducted by Captain Diaz de Soria in the 1950s suggests that water did enter from the gun ports of the lower battery, ripped off in the collision with Culloden and shattered by artillery fire, and that the crew failed to obstruct them with temporary contrivances.

"Jaish al-Islam terrorists are in a state of collapse and their media outlets are [making] chemical attack fabrications in an exposed and failed attempt to obstruct advances by the Syrian Arab army," Sana said.

This physician underwent sinus surgery that failed to remove an obstructing lesion resulting in continued nasal drainage, and because of the first surgeon's refusal to acknowledge the problem, a second surgeon had to be recruited to perform corrective surgery.

Prosecutors said earlier this week that the bishop, Thomas O'Brien, could face criminal charges if evidence showed he hid crimes, failed to report abuse or obstructed justice.

But they overturned the conviction because the prosecutors had failed to prove that they had conspired specifically to obstruct a federal grand jury investigation.

The government has therefore failed to offer sufficient evidence of Bruder's intent to obstruct the federal grand jury...

Although the Senate, by a single vote, failed to remove him from office, Johnson's power to obstruct the course of Reconstruction was gone.

Other officers at a gate on Pennsylvania Avenue failed to see Gonzalez because their view was obstructed by a construction project.

Officials have either failed to sign off on documents, or actively obstructed shipments, meaning the final deliveries are not due until November, some 11 months late.

And, most piercingly of all, he asked whether Steve Smith's captaincy was in "the spirit" of the game when he failed to withdraw an appeal against Ben Stokes for obstructing the field.

Still, the judges overturned the convictions, saying that the prosecutors had failed to prove the specific charge that the officers had intended to obstruct a grand jury when they misled investigators.