Sentence examples for seek to nullify from inspiring English sources
Even great powers such as China could only hope to match the United States in a few narrowly defined areas or seek to nullify its advantages by so-called "asymmetric" means (such as guerrilla warfare).
USA Track and Field's chief executive, Doug Logan, said Thursday that he would seek to nullify the American and world record in the men's 4x400-meter relay, whose validity has been called into question because of drug use.
In February a Russian general said his country could quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty; in April Mr Putin threatened to freeze participation in the pact on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE .The Kremlin has given mixed signals about how far it will seek to nullify these accords, and how much these moves have been caused by the missile-defence row.
Mr. Abe has veered further to the right since his time as prime minister, suggesting recently that he intends to visit the Yasukuni war shrine if he becomes prime minister again and may even seek to nullify some of Japan's war apologies.
They will, in short, seek to nullify the regulatory apparatus.
As labor activists have succeeded in passing local minimum wage hikes, Republican legislatures have responded by passing state laws that seek to nullify them.
One day, in Queens, a woman seeking to nullify her parking ticket confidently claimed breathtaking powers for her Fire Department placard.
A judgment by the Law Lords in July 2000 forced Equitable to honour these guarantees after several years in which it had sought to nullify their worth.
A panel of judges today dismissed an appeal by New Jersey Democrats seeking to nullify a law that allowed Bob Franks to enter the governor's race.
Cablevision appears determined to prevent that, filing a lawsuit Oct. 18 in State Supreme Court in Mineola against the village and Verizon seeking to nullify the agreement.
And there is little doubt that no matter what he decides next week, Europe will take him to the World Trade Organization, seeking to nullify the American action.
