Sentence examples for interests block from inspiring English sources
Such leapfrogging is often harder to do in advanced economies, where a lot of the infrastructure is old and powerful vested interests block entrepreneurs' paths.
Oil interests block renewable energy efforts.
Vested interests blocked efforts at codification, because reform would encroach upon their privileges.
Together, agribusiness, shipping companies and NGOs form what some have called the "iron triangle" of special interests, blocking reform of the controversial in-kind system.
During his Presidency, we witnessed a partisan divide widen into an impassable trench, and gun violence go unchecked while special interests blocked any regulation.
In sharp contrast to Mr. Berlusconi's cabinet, whose clashing vested interests blocked economic reform, Mr. Monti's cabinet draws from academia, banking, business and the upper echelons of the civil service.
It was hard to read President Obama's eloquent State of the Union address and not feel torn between his vision for the coming years and the awareness that the forces of inertia and special interests blocking him — not to mention the whole Republican Party — make the chances of his implementing that vision highly unlikely.
Vested interests blocked the ambitious reform programs promised by the Socialists time and again, but the centre-left administrations under Amintore Fanfani in the late 1950s and early 1960s managed to pass important measures in the fields of education reform, nationalization, and public housing.
However, legislators held hostage to vested interests blocked key elements of Ramos' program, including tax reform for individuals and corporations.
It has widespread public support and the nation is tired of partisan politics and special interests blocking the progress we need.
Now only one JND(R N ) will be calculated for all pixel (i,j) belonging to the same R N, and different JND(R N ) will be calculated separately for each R N within the considered region of interest block Rb.
