Sentence examples for had precluded from inspiring English sources

Terms of loans obtained in March had precluded such bond sales, she said.

A three-year statute of limitations had precluded the agency from auditing the 2001 and 2002 tax returns, a committee aide said.

He had counted on getting the customary extension of another year, perhaps two, but the ceaseless battles with the Pentagon had precluded it.

The prince added that the failure to reach a Middle East settlement had precluded more serious consideration of other issues, including Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

Mr. Burnett said Mr. Letterman had never opposed guest hosts but that the show's dependence on Mr. Letterman's style of comedy had precluded using them.

The rain and their differing schedules had precluded a formal apology, García said Tuesday, adding that he had left a handwritten note in Woods's locker.

Endless warfare has precluded production.

Either choice would have precluded an appeal.

But its eurocentricity has precluded wider use.

Perhaps their incendiary edge has precluded mass appeal.

The tensions between Washington and Tehran have precluded such dialogue.