Sentence examples for would be stifled from inspiring English sources

There had been a worry among those close to Cruddas that his agenda would be stifled.

Innovation would be stifled, research stunted and a precious national resource -- the world's best telephone system -- would be destroyed.

Barnes & Noble, the nation's largest bookstore chain, argued that consumers would be hurt by the settlement, if it is approved, because competition would be stifled.

If the feature were limited to just one phone, like the next Samsung phone, its potential would be stifled, he said.

As happens in times of national security, political dissent would be stifled and the regime given unchecked wartime authority to do whatever it thought best to "protect" the country.

Still, even if a nationwide plan were put into effect, says Dr. Dean Cliver, a professor of food safety at the University of California at Davis, its progress would be stifled by fears about vaccine safety.

But then it would be stifling the platform, empowering the Oculus competitors that will inevitably arise.

I was fuming at the fact I'd been stifled.

Any attempt, for example, from a Saudi woman's group to engage NGOs and grassroots organisations in a conversation about women's rights, would automatically be stifled by the top-down, clerical hierarchy, and accused of prioritising political reform over the 'authentic' sources of Islam - as unilaterally determined by some elect Sheikhs.

According to Banga, the conversation focused on regulatory challenges at the level of state and local governments, including how to speed up the regulation process so that innovation in the sector wouldn't be stifled.

Since governors are somewhat constrained in changing the appointment during the term, we would expect this learning effect to be stifled in the first term and more prominent in later terms.