Sentence examples for sought to preclude from inspiring English sources
The Constitution's framers sought to preclude such schemes through the treaty process.
They sought to preclude evidence found in her apartment, arguing that the police had searched it without a warrant.
Before the hearing ended for the day, defense lawyers sought to preclude other pieces of evidence, including hospital records that make reference to assault and robbery.
Under the current administration, bank regulators, whose previous leveraged lending guidelines sought to preclude financing deals levered over 6x, have instead deferred to the marketplace.
We find no evidence that Congress in either the Bank Service Corporation Act or the National Bank Act 2 sought to preclude judicial review of administrative rulings by the Comptroller as to the legitimate scope of activities available to national banks under those statutes.
Mindful of what they had won by marriages, the Habsburgs sought to preclude rival dynasties from turning the tables on them by the same means: to keep their heritage in their own hands, they began to intermarry more and more frequently among themselves.
The government had already submitted a brief seeking to preclude that defense.
That degree of judicial vigilance at the far outer boundaries of the Clause is warranted if we are to avoid the monopolies and consequent restrictions of expression that the Clause, read consistently with the First Amendment, seeks to preclude.
Corporate counsel will know that many IPOs decline in price after the offering but before the statute of limitations expires, and they might rationally seek to preclude securities actions if they can do find a jurisdiction that enables them to do so.
Likewise, it seeks to preclude the Planning Department's approving such switches without public hearing.
Unlike a total ouster or finality clause which seeks to preclude judicial review entirely, a partial ouster or time limit clause specifies a restricted period of time after which no remedy will be available.
