Sentence examples for was blocked from joining from inspiring English sources

Tony Blair was blocked from joining the euro by Gordon Brown and so lost kudos in the EU.

Witherspoon claims in his suit that he was the only technical employee at Color who was blocked from joining Apple in October.

The report found that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was blocked from joining the Department for Transport scheme because it did not have security clearance for Whitehall IT systems.

In October two cash-strapped hospitals in Dorset were blocked from joining up on the grounds that it would give patients too few choices.

If the Russian Navy stays in Sevastopol, and Crimea stays in Ukraine, Ukraine would almost certainly be blocked from joining NATO.

When all the LB parking lots are occupied, vehicles are blocked from entering and must join a queue.

Some migrants would also be blocked from bringing their families to join them in Germany for two years, Gabriel said.

The new German rules on family reunification will mean migrants with so-called "subsidiary protection", a status just below that of refugee, would be blocked from bringing their families to join them in Germany for two years.

We know that many students and lecturers tried to join us but were blocked from doing so by the University authorities and police.

Many Republicans criticized him over the remark, but also joined him in saying refugees from Syria and Iraq should be blocked from the U.S. because they could be terrorists -- a sentiment Obama also rejected at the time.

"I was put through the ringer... my mind was getting really bitter towards MMA... this has always been like a marathon, not a sprint," commented Alvarez, who spent the majority of 2013 on the sidelines after he was contractually blocked from joining the UFC.