Sentence examples for opportunity block from inspiring English sources

Nor does Rawls' principle of fair equality of opportunity block such burdens, either, for, while ordinarily discouraging selection based on race or ethnicity, it can itself be limited in the name of achieving greater equality of opportunity (the point noted by Goldman).

Neither of us are big on social media, so that's another snooping opportunity blocked off.

On Saturday, their rushing lanes were nonexistent and their opportunities blocked.

Antibodies and other targeted provide the opportunity to block key soluble mediators of inflammation in their milieu, or alternatively to block intracellular inflammation-triggering pathways by binding to an upstream cell-surface receptor.

Parliament would not take that as an opportunity to block Brexit.

That allowed the company's management and its controlling shareholder, Opportunity, to block the return of Telecom Italia on regulatory grounds.

"The atmosphere is tranquil," Ms. Coore said, "and you have an opportunity to block out everything else that's happening.

So when we get the opportunity to block for them, I feel like that's how you make yourself a complete receiver".

Such an arrangement would have been a boon to Republicans because it would have provided Mr. Bennett the opportunity to block or delay initiatives from Democrats, who control the governor's office and the Assembly.

Earlier this week, he fired a revered preservationist and arts advocate from the city's Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission after she criticized the mayor for naming new members to several city boards, ensuring that they would serve through the next mayor's first term, with the opportunity to block his agenda.

Eurostar, owned 55% by SNCF, the state-owned French national railway, is set up as an independent commercial concern, so it cannot be expected to act according to French national interests.Even so, Alstom clearly sees an opportunity to block the contract and perhaps engineer a re-tender.