Sentence examples for have effectively killed from inspiring English sources

The amendment would have effectively killed the reform bill.

It would have effectively killed the law known as AB 32.

Combined with President Bush's decision two years ago to abandon the pact, Russia's rejection would have effectively killed it.

Mr. Scott, a Republican elected in November, again turned down the $2.4 billion on Friday, a move that appears to have effectively killed the Tampa-to-Orlando plan.

And in Minnesota, legislators have effectively killed Gov. Jesse Ventura's plan to raise the state's 48-cent cigarette tax by 29 cents.

Senate and House leaders have agreed to remove an addition to the Coast Guard spending bill that would have effectively killed a wind-power installation proposed for Nantucket Sound, south of Cape Cod.

In a poignant phrase of one of the report authors, 'its maturity has effectively killed it'.

Although the burgeoning civil-rights movement had effectively killed Fetchit's career, the strength that it generated among the black population eventually allowed him to be rediscovered.

The 'test partner' was in fact a confederate actor feigning pain – but by the test end 65% of volunteers had effectively killed the stranger.

Fifty-six of those men are from Yemen but an Obama administration moratorium on transferring detainees to that country has effectively killed any hope of their leaving Guantánamo.

Until recently, China's leadership also held out the promise of incremental political reform, although the recent Arab unrest, combined with preparations for a change in leadership next year, has effectively killed such prospects.