Sentence examples for further stifled from inspiring English sources

A yellow card for Mouritz Botha, just before half-time, further stifled their endeavours, but once they returned to a full complement of players they slowly started to turn the screw.

Any impetus for a bold deficit-reduction deal was further stifled within hours of the budget negotiators' initial meeting when the administration announced that the federal deficit for the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30 was a much lower-than-expected $680 billion.

Osborne has tightened his fiscal straitjacket still further, stifling sensible housing investment at a time when it has never been more needed or less costly.

OBSTACLES: Regulators were skeptical of the deal from the start, worried it would further stifle competition on the heels of the MCI takeover.

Some economists warn that the tax increases would further stifle Italy's economy, which is expected to grow less than 1 percent this year.

At the same time, it can use the threat of future attacks to justify its tight grip on its own population, boosting a security presence and further stifling opposition.

Cambodia is discussing an NGO law that civil society groups fear could further stifle dissent in a society with minimal political opposition, although there are signs the regime is backtracking under international pressure.

Further stifling innovation is insurers' policy of paying the same prices to or compelling the same discounts from all providers; when excellent providers receive the same kind of payment as inferior ones, the incentive for quality and efficiency is diminished.

Real estate funds, similarly, are pressing for an exemption, arguing that property values are in such decline that the tax change would further stifle the industry and the prices they are willing to pay.

The irony is that asking Egypt to take greater responsibility for Gaza, which it administered until 1967, is precisely what some Israeli politicians have long desired: to hive off the problem of Gaza to Cairo, which would further stifle any possibility of a two-state solution.

But some Russians are wondering why these foreigners are getting away with things that would land us in jail for "unsanctioned rallying" or with a hefty fine for "public disturbance". The authorities have used the excuse of the World Cup to further stifle the barely existent freedom of assembly.