Sentence examples for scupper plans from inspiring English sources

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The election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party could scupper plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport after he came out against the project.

A leaked British report into the archaeological significance of an ancient Roman gold mine has helped to scupper plans by the Romanian government to approve invasive mining at the site.

Ed Miliband was accused today of putting taxpayers' money at risk as Conservatives warned that Labour's plans to shake up the high street banks could scupper plans to sell off the state's stake in Lloyds and RBS.

A rebellion by several EU countries could scupper plans by the European commission to approve the relicensing of a weedkiller linked to cancer by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Clough's in-form team, who have also won six consecutive league matches to climb away from the League One relegation battle, struggled at first to make any impact against Chris Powell's side, who beat Sheffield Wednesday in the fifth round to scupper plans for a Steel City Cup derby.

But also remember that Tokyo's business culture is a lot less stiff than it used to beEurope: The battleaxes of Bratislava How Slovakia could scupper plans to beef up the euro zone's bail-out fundUnited States: Protests and potential Could the Wall Street protests reach tea-party levels?

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A popular petition scuppered plans for a national road-pricing scheme.

German pressure had scuppered plans in 1933 to make an anti-Hitler film, The Mad Dog of Europe.

That is because it scuppered plans to add an inspection protocol (the proximate cause of the near punch-up in 2001).

Such a move towards direct democracy would create new barriers between local organisations, scuppering plans to provide seamless "joined up" services, the Local Government Association's political figureheads claim.

His decision to remain on the back benches has scuppered plans for a 'unity government' representing all strands of party thinking.

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