Sentence examples for means to obstruct from inspiring English sources

Criticising "some developed countries" for being "fearful" of the "trend", the commentary notes such nations are "trying all means to obstruct the implementation of the proposals provided by China".

Although I have problems with the Merkley-Udall-Harkin approach -- resurrecting the talking filibuster as the sole means to obstruct -- as insufficient (why not force 41 votes to continue, rather than 60 votes to end?), if that were the fix, I would take it, and, if it worked, let it be.

Such a person might threaten to leave the company or go on a personal and subtle strike meant to block or obstruct — if others don't cooperate with his way of working.

The United Nations Security Council, which on Thursday warned officials here not to "obstruct the electoral process," is weighing further means to pressure Mr. Gbagbo to step aside.

Bibulus attempted to obstruct the enactment of these laws, and so Caesar used violent (and thus illegal) means to ensure their passage.

"That does not mean we would like to obstruct any progress or that we do not want to join any international agreement.

For men, with the exception of her devoted father and one or two others who helped along the way, were always the problem, the ones who found endless means – some ingenious, others crude – to obstruct her path to glory.

This meant that the caucus had a much stronger position to obstruct legislation by withholding it votes, since 76 votes were necessary for legislation to pass.

The new decisions mean that the two officers, Thomas Wiese and Thomas Bruder -- whose convictions for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the case were overturned by a federal appeals court in February -- no longer face any possibility of criminal charges.

Bibulus attempted to obstruct the enactment of these laws, and so Caesar used violent means to ensure their passage.

That means reserving the filibuster for when the GOP tries to ram through measures anathema to Democrats across the country, not using it to obstruct votes on proposals that put vulnerable incumbents in a tough spot.