Now he hopes the school can gain readmittance into the state system, effectively thwarting the desire of the county council to close it.

That effectively thwarted Japan's ambition to attain that status as part of an overhaul plan this year.

The strengthened anti-gravity screens effectively thwart the power of the projected force-beam.

And the Labor Department has effectively thwarted the 2002 law that was to have helped Americans who lose their manufacturing jobs to outsourcing.

Can he switch from his role as minority leader, effectively thwarting Democratic legislation, to the job of forging a viable Republican agenda?

Subsequent action by XO on lecithin is effectively thwarted.

The training programme is constantly reviewed and updated to effectively thwart threats from newer areas and in keeping with existing threat perception.

In Israel, I was repeatedly told that coercive interrogation had effectively thwarted missions of would-be suicide bombers, saving lives.

And counterfeiting must be effectively thwarted.

The pursuit ordered by Grant was effectively thwarted at the Battle of Ringgold Gap.