Sentence examples for vetoed because of from inspiring English sources

"I have been vetoed because of my Spanishness," Salva complained.

BA can opt-out if the deal is vetoed because of competition concerns in Europe.

(The laser-beam proposal was vetoed because of the likelihood of "severe burns, possibly fatal, to pedestrians and personnel").

D1 The Eastern Conference finals have become one of those annual exercises in futility, like passing a bill you expect to be vetoed, because of the Western Conference's dominance.

Even so, a bill that would end shackling in New York's state prisons and county jails that sailed through the Legislature seemed in danger of being vetoed because of strong opposition from corrections officials.

He was supposed to receive an honorary degree from John Jay College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), but it's now been vetoed because of a protest from a single trustee who claims that Kushner is anti-Israel.

The Senate has passed a $318 billion highway measure that President Bush has threatened to veto because of the cost.

It will not take long for the persecuted to find out how Congress voted and whether President Clinton has squelched his threat to veto because of his distaste for annoying the persecuting dictatorships.

An early idea to have polished decorative plaques on the boundary wall was vetoed because catching sight of your own reflection walking towards you can be disturbing for anyone with dementia.

After newspapers reported that the project had been vetoed because the wife of Roberto Magalhaes, the mayor, found the design too phallic, Mr. Magalhaes stormed into one newsroom, gun in hand, and threatened to kill the offending reporter.

(A 1993 design was vetoed because it altered the silhouette of the building).