| Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design, long-term design. |
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| So far we have been successful in thwarting the efforts of Representative Bill Thomas to get this passed. |
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| The two hostages of the escape attempt received medals of valour and were credited by the local press for thwarting the escape. |
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| Gerstler's poems highlight the problematics of written discourse, requiring yet thwarting the operations of both memory and understanding. |
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| But it can be said that police and intelligence work is disrupting the terrorist networks and thwarting their plans. |
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| The script is a simple caper of thwarting the protagonist's attempts to complete a simple task. |
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| This change of heart almost ensures that I'll be in hospital pushing by the weekend, as my body delights in thwarting me at every turn. |
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| The push of the main group of forces should be directed at exploiting success and thwarting the enemy's attempts to restore its defenses. |
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| They returned to downtown Grand Forks to fill sandbags in hopes of thwarting rising flood waters. |
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| How did the Martinez family manage to achieve the American dream during a period when high taxes were supposedly thwarting that dream? |
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| Further political concerns are voiced about the role of search engines in supporting or thwarting the inclusiveness ideology of the Web. |
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| She may the only woman I know who is capable of thwarting biological destiny. |
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| That case hinged on an interpretation of the Hobbs act, a 1946 law aimed at thwarting gangsters from extorting interstate truckers. |
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| Over doing it can cause excessive pain and immobility, thwarting your training program. |
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| The police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the deployment is aimed at thwarting clashes between warring groups. |
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| The Commission's work on thwarting the production and spread of chemical, nuclear and biological arms is ongoing. |
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| It is at that choke point that Governments, working with the Board, have been targeting and successfully thwarting drug traffickers'attempts. |
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| In face of this social misery, the ruling coalition has resorted to forestalling parliamentary elections and thwarting an inquiry into corruption. |
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| Quebeckers put up with this situation of thwarting change because they find it comfortable. |
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| Take the Vietnam war, the shadow that would hang over the 1960s, thwarting its attempts to be the decade of peace and love. |
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| He remained an assertive influence at William III's court, however, quarrelling and plotting against those whom he believed were thwarting his own ambitions. |
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| Unlike Bond, constantly thwarting Soviet villains, Burlington never got a chance to flex its muscle. |
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| However, Morocco had refused to discuss the Saharan proposal, thereby thwarting any efforts to initiate the proceedings of a pacific solution. |
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| The little man with the gloves and short sleeves had no sooner orchestrated something at one end than he was thwarting his opponents at the other. |
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| Independent researchers are supposed to provide a counterbalance, thwarting the drug industry's tendency to turn research studies into marketing grist. |
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| Military men defended the repression as key to thwarting the communist threat. |
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| The outside world has achieved remarkable success delaying and thwarting the Iranian nuclear program. |
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| Romney said current trade restrictions are thwarting economic growth in developing nations as well as in the United States. |
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| The prison lobby ensures this does not happen by thwarting nearly every reform that could result in fewer people behind bars. |
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| I would suggest that what he is doing here is essentially thwarting the democratic process. |
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| As a result, international cooperation in police and judicial matters is the only way of effectively thwarting this illegal practice. |
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| His position as deputy manager of a State tobacco company might have put a spoke in the judge's wheel, thwarting his plan to proceed in accordance with the law. |
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| The debt burden, thwarting as it does all efforts and strategies in this area, continues to grow. |
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| Knowledge and familiarity with the avenues of HfV transmission may mobilize nurses who question their ability or role in thwarting the virus and disease. |
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| The notion that the Church is in any way thwarting efforts to bring solutions to the AIDS crisis is ludicrous. |
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| For years, the Fund has called for strategies to help reduce the progress thwarting debt overhang of developing countries. |
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| His uncle became his archenemy, thwarting his advancement whenever possible. |
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| We are trying to function as a House and the minister is thwarting that. |
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| Headline grabber: The ever-dependable Eric Zambo turned in another immaculate display for Canon, thwarting Les Astres de Douala's persistent advances time and time again. |
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| But reconciliation of nature and culture is impossible, for the price of any civilization is the guilt produced by the necessary thwarting of man's instinctual drives. |
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| It is to understand it so the UK can maximise its chances of thwarting it. |
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| Keeping us in the dark is not, apparently, about saving the government embarrassment but thwarting people smugglers and protecting asylum seekers from prying eyes. |
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| Elvis Costello refused to have any association with the Olympics, thwarting Boyle's plan to use the song Shipbuilding in the sequence on industrialisation. |
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| Ian Bell, Warwickshire's top-order batsman, was imperious in his intent of thwarting Sussex's thoughts of a victory at Edgbaston Durham v Northamptonshire Northants give chase but Durham's Jamie Harrison hinders momentum. |
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| As well, decreasing economic returns for foreign work experience and the non-recognition or undervaluing of foreign education and training have also played a role in thwarting the economic progress of immigrants. |
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| If the U. S. takes any military measures against North Korea on the ground of thwarting its proliferation of WMD or human rights abuses, Seoul would have no choice but to get pulled into their military standoff or a war. |
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| Authorities have been reasonably successful in thwarting the growth of right-wing extremism across the North American continent, but the activities of some groups continue to pose a substantial threat. |
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| Supported by the CIO, it is very likely that the President will succeed in thwarting any coup d'état led at this moment against him and that is his priority. |
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| If the Government tried to address these countless income scenarios in the income rules, it would unnecessarily complicate the process and there would still be problems with parents intent on thwarting the system. |
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| Malaysian Navy vessels have also provided security to vessels of other countries upon request and have been successful in thwarting a couple of attempts by pirates to board and hijack such foreign vessels. |
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| A third group is cautiously optimistic that the imbalances will be resolved in an orderly fashion but worried that governments will not encourage this outcome by removing distortions that are thwarting market forces. |
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| All are culprits thwarting the commercialization of intellectual property and inventions, he says. |
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| Tempers were already at breaking point after a Corn Dolly batter had knocked over the posts at every base, confusing fielders and thwarting a run-out attempt. |
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| T hey thought it was all over when Aabar made RHB Capital an offer it couldn't refuse, thwarting Maybank and CIMB's efforts to merge with the bank. |
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| Basescu, the former ship captain, appears intent on keelhauling his opponents, thwarting their attempts to have their favourite nominated for prime minister. |
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| Thwarting a U.S. raid at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne braves took no prisoners, killing Custer and 265 of his men. |
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