Sentence examples for urged to block from inspiring English sources

Householders are being urged to block plans for widescale fracking in Britain by denying permission for drilling companies to extract oil and gas from underneath their homes.

The prime minister was urged to block honours for No 10 "cronies" after a leaked list revealed that her predecessor had requested knighthoods for party donors, pro-EU campaigners and political aides.

[Page C3.] U.S. Urged to Block Oracle Bid PeopleSoft announced that staff lawyers at the Department of Justice are recommending that the agency block Oracle's $9.4 billion hostile takeover of PeopleSoft on the grounds the deal is anticompetitive.

We are surprised at your claim that RNIB "refused to get involved in the debate on Avastin" (Drug firms urged to stop blocking blindness cure, February 15).

Additionally, coaches are being urged to train players to block with their shoulders instead of their heads.

The Greens' energy and climate spokesman, Adam Bandt, today urged Labor to block the cuts.

Last week, Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, the ranking Democrat on the Government Reform Committee, urged regulators to block it.

And they urged regulators to block or at least delay the reorganization until crucial features of the change were clarified.

Activists have urged Obama to block the Keystone XL pipeline project to pump crude from the Alberta tar sands as a sign of his commitment.

Bishop Zen and the Protestant leaders also urged lawmakers to block the plan, saying the proposal would not bring Hong Kong any closer to electing its leaders through fully democratic elections.

Richard D. Fain, the chief executive of Royal Caribbean, met today with Mario Monti, the European competition commissioner, and urged him to block Carnival's bid, people close to the discussions said.