Sentence examples for to impede a from inspiring English sources

They did not want to impede a fair trial, Ms. Allred said.

The more serious of the two charges was the one the prosecutors chose: conspiracy to impede a federal judicial proceeding, like a grand jury investigation.

The jurors spent seven hours today trying to determine whether Andersen tried to impede a government investigation by shredding Enron-related documents.

Such depictions of primitivism are not meant to impede a view of Botswana as an amusing place, a country whimsically combating its own benightedness.

Evidence that the company sought to impede a government investigation could prompt prosecutors to take a tougher line against Schering in resolving any charges.

Indeed, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts more often than not tried to impede a reporter's examination of the theater's troubled history.

The government contends that the destruction was an effort to impede an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Such inequality is likely to impede an economic recovery, he said.

■ A defender cannot use an arm bar to impede an opponent's progress.

With that admission, Mr. Duncan provided prosecutors with their most important evidence of intent to impede an investigation -- a critical element of proof necessary for a conviction.

Ms. Peña accuses the city of supervisory neglect, failure to intercede and conspiracy to impede an investigation, and seeks $200 million in damages, said her lawyers, Johnnie L. Cochran and Derek Sells.