Sentence examples for may thwart efforts from inspiring English sources

The decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston may thwart efforts by the I.R.S., begun in 2002, to force large companies to disclose "soft spots" in their aggressive tax planning.

Yet the intense interest in the spectrum may thwart the effort to make it the basis for a new nationwide wireless network.

They have bribed local officials to thwart efforts by federal ones.

Apples with soft spots or bruises give off a lot of ethylene gas, which can cause nearby apples to decay faster than normal and may thwart your storage efforts.

It may thwart Tesco's efforts to upend the rules imposed on retailers by manufacturers who want to defend the exclusivity and high prices of goods with their brands.

Judy Dempsey ("No excuses for E.U. on nuclear issue," Letter from Europe, April 29) asserts that some E.U. members may thwart President Obama's efforts to advance nuclear disarmament.

He also contends that the restrictions may thwart good planning.

This may thwart the likelihood of help seeking for some individuals.

Evidence is gathering that inhibition of UCP2 may thwart metabolic adaptation and antioxidant defence mechanisms in cancer cells.

How can you become part of a country that was not comfortable with itself?" This insecurity does not eliminate racism, but it may have suppressed the confidence to articulate it and certainly thwarted efforts to organise electorally around it.

You may have heard about the civil unrest in Haiti over recent days, on the heels of a hurricane that thwarted efforts to contain a cholera epidemic that is now a national emergency.