Sentence examples for halted attempts from inspiring English sources
But many, especially critics of the government, said Russia's bureaucracy has routinely halted attempts to establish effective oversight mechanisms.
Straw will also confirm on Monday that he has halted attempts to buy a new 450-place prison ship on the basis that building the extra prison places on land will be 25% cheaper.
In fact, courts have halted attempts by GOP governors, legislators and secretaries of state to change long-established voting procedures -- whether by requiring photo ID at the polls or shortening registration timelines -- in time for the 2012 elections.
Passage of the Daschle-Harkin bill would halt attempts to reform America's distorted agricultural policy.
On Thursday, Ukraine's parliament voted for a motion to halt attempts to clear Independence Square, which required ruling party MPs to break ranks with the president.
It experienced improvements in civil liberties as a result of the reopening of opposition newspapers, public universities, and courts; renewed if halting attempts to curb abuses by the military; and a general improvement in the security situation.
The Obama administration promptly halted all attempts to transfer prisoners back to Yemen even those who are reckoned to have done nothing that could successfully be tried in court and who do not pose a significant security risk.
The state interfered with labour unions, postponed social legislation, preserved as much as it could of the British market for Uruguayan meat, and halted government attempts to nationalize foreign, mainly British, enterprises in Uruguay.
The club's plans for a £92m stadium on land at Ashton Vale could be halted by attempts by local residents to preserve the land.
Defense Secretary Rainbow has halted all attempts to defend the homeland.
He says the gun lobby's hold on his colleagues, particularly the Republicans, has halted his attempts to push such legislation though an already gridlocked Congress.
