Sentence examples for tried to hamper from inspiring English sources

He alleged Rousseff had tried to hamper the investigation.

Although the relationship between Rubens and van Dyck became strained after 1630, there is no evidence that Rubens tried to hamper the career of the young rival.

Mr Avanesov tried to hamper this investigation using a web-based attack on the police but the attempt to regain control of Bredolab failed.

One of the worst affected areas was Wardak, with the Taliban launching a series of IED and rocket attacks across the province as the insurgents tried to hamper the public's attempts to vote.

Much worse, it tries to hamper trade through a change in the tax law.

They said Mr. Ghailani's detention was not an effort to try to hamper his defense or gain some tactical advantage in his case, as the defense has claimed.

At a press conference, the interior minister Sergei Stepashin and the head of the former KGB, Vladimir Putin, denied trying to hamper anti-corruption inquiries.

They would try to restrict the ability of Iranian banks to work abroad; single out senior members of the Revolutionary Guards, the entity that runs the nuclear program; and try to hamper Iranian shipping companies.

Howard has accused the Vatican of trying to hamper his filming in Rome of "Angels & Demons", which had to recreate scenes of the Vatican and some Rome churches in Los Angeles.

So a handful of life-insurance firms are trying to hamper the life-settlement firms' growth by prohibiting their insurance agents from discussing them with clients and by making policies non-transferable.The legality of such moves is not clear.

Opponents of the ban, including the parking industry and a coalition of restaurateurs, retailers and other businesses, quietly complained to city officials in the first days of the ban, afraid to be seen as trying to hamper the cleanup effort.