Sentence examples for which was thwarted from inspiring English sources

Securing the deal will be a relief to Valeant, which was thwarted in its pursuit of Allergan, the maker of Botox.

Police believe he helped plan the attack on the Amsterdam-to-Paris train in August which was thwarted by four passengers, including British businessman Chris Norman.

One of them may be Saks Fifth Avenue, which was thwarted last year when it tried to move its Garden City store to Roosevelt Field.

She was single-minded, strong-willed and determined: the only ambition of hers which was thwarted was her desire to be a priest.

A judge ruled that the test was discriminatory, and imposed a twenty-five-per-cent-minority quota for new hires, which was thwarted by budget cuts; the cycle of lawsuits and delays continued for decades.

Analysts speculated that ThyssenKrupp, which was thwarted in a bid to acquire auto-parts assets from Mannesmann, may now pursue acquisitions related to steel, like Klockner & Company, a steel trading house being sold by E.On, Germany's largest utility.

Selig did not say which team might replace the Twins in the contraction plans, which were thwarted for this season by the commission's lawsuit and the union's grievance.

And I want you to know that there were many, many more attacks that were planned on the United States which were thwarted by our public servants and our allies.

But education has never been a priority here, and even Pakistan's current plan to double education spending next year might collapse as have past efforts, which were thwarted by sluggish bureaucracies, unstable governments and a lack of commitment by Pakistan's governing elite to the poor.

Oe's first novel since he won the Nobel Prize, in 1994, takes place against the background of a religious cult's terrorist plan (even more drastic than Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway), which is thwarted when the cult's leaders appear on television to renounce their creed the "somersault" of the title.

Scorsese and all lovers of British film will be forever thankful that this was one occasion on which he was thwarted.