Sentence examples for lasting impediment from inspiring English sources
Asked if he thought the amendment would prove a lasting impediment to U.S.-Russian trade relations, Ron Kirk, the U.S. trade representative, said, "We hope not".
Those who feel that still more nuclear weapons cannot be a lasting impediment to their potential use face a less certain course, especially at a time when minimal armscontrol efforts, symbolized by SALT II, are in disarray.
The board must obtaining prior authorization of the shareholders before taking "any action which may result in the frustration of the bid and in particular before issuing any shares which may result in a lasting impediment to the offeror's acquiring control," or in other words, remain neutral: unlike Delaware law, boards lack discretion to act on a Shareholder Rights Plan or poison pill.
Believed to be authoritative yet in many ways misleading, this and other works were a lasting impediment to the understanding of Egyptian writing.
When the remaining heir, Sanetomo, was murdered (1219), the last impediment to Hōjō domination was gone.
Dr. Korukonda recently found a job in Florida as a clinical director at a learning and behavior disorder consultancy, solving the last impediment to their union.
The United States and Britain have reached an agreement on how the billions of dollars that the world's poorest nations owe to international lenders can be erased, removing the last impediment to an accord long sought by the richest nations, a senior official involved in the negotiations said Thursday.
2. Utilities are investing in energy storage, the last impediment to distributed energy.
Senator Lieberman would, with today's bill, remove the last impediment - her U.S. citizenship -- to a similar little old lady in Iowa being hauled into Gtmo.
Untreated ECC can lead to harsh consequences such as abscesses, pain, malocclusions and lasting psychosocial impediments [ 9, 10].
The long battle for campaign finance reform took a major step forward early today when the House removed the last impediments to passage of the Shays-Meehan bill.
