Sentence examples for to vexatious from inspiring English sources

Researchers looking into a self-administered antidote to heroin overdose have been subjected to vexatious complaints about professional misconduct.

We didn't want to set a precedent that would allow those looking to smear scientists, to go down this endless road of subjecting scientists to vexatious demands that would basically tie us up — we wouldn't have any time to even do research any more.

But there were also concerns that a system of recall - which is in place in many US states - could lead to vexatious and politically-motivated campaigns against MPs.

Therefore, experts would be more likely to abandon such work than advocates, making them more vulnerable to vexatious litigation.

To try to limit vexatious litigation by aggrieved individuals, church lawyers are suggesting that complaints of heresy should only be brought by official interested bodies such as parochial church councils or by a petition signed by at least 10% of the members of a diocesan synod.

PM David Cameron said the aim was to avoid "vexatious attempts" to unseat MPs who had done nothing wrong.

For example, on reading the almost uniformly ecstatic responses to one of 2010's leading album-of-the-year contenders, John Grant's Queen of Denmark, someone who had not actually experienced this emotionally elaborate soft-rock wedding cake of an album might be tempted to consign it to the vexatious aesthetic realm of "Bad Gay Art".

"I have to say that most of these strikes would have fallen foul of what I think are essential reforms that need to be brought in to stop vexatious and unnecessary action led by the union leadership which is not in the interest of their members and in many cases not even supported by the majority of their members".

The commission has used the submission to resume its calls for amendments to its procedures that would allow it to terminate vexatious complaints earlier.

Leading the way was Rhett Butler's farewell to the vexatious Scarlett O'Hara, delivered by Clark Gable to Vivien Leigh, above: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn".

Frydenberg said the government was still keen to curb "vexatious litigation" from green groups opposed to mining projects over their impact upon the climate, water supplies and threatened species.