Sentence examples for prevented actions from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush said at a White House ceremony that bureaucratic inertia, flawed forest policy and legal delays had prevented actions that would restore the forests to health.

Regulatory delays concerning styrene and formaldehyde, as well as delays reaching decisions with other chemicals, have prevented actions to reduce harms resulting from continued exposures, an example of what the European Environment Agency described as "late lessons from early warnings" (EEA 2013).

But a variety of reasons have prevented action.

As your article notes, a strong farm lobby has prevented action on Capitol Hill.

In early October, he prevented action on a bill, which had passed in the House, proposing economic sanctions against Iran.

In the face of all this and more, the UN Security Council was held hostage by permanent members who prevented action.

In attempting to address the problem, Democrats and Republicans are caught in the same ideological divide that has prevented action for years.

Regardless of a country's income, pollution would not begin to come down if significant transaction costs prevented action from being taken.

All three agreements cleared both chambers with overwhelming Republican support just one day after Senate Republicans prevented action on Mr. Obama's jobs bill.

The FA said it could not take action as its rules prevented action being taken retrospectively as one of the officials had seen the challenge.

Not only has it prevented action on scores of gun control bills, but it has managed to get itself exempted from other seemingly unrelated legislation.