Other protesters' efforts to get into the plant grounds were thwarted by police.

Early efforts were thwarted by serious cultural, religious and psychological barriers.

The central bank's efforts were thwarted by the strong year-end demand for money.

My fear is that these efforts will be thwarted.

Yet for more than 10 years, every effort to do so has been thwarted by human rights laws.

All efforts at getting clear of Tyrsis to regain the open country beyond had been thwarted.

Their efforts were thwarted by the Austrian practice of making decisions behind closed doors.

Their efforts have been thwarted mainly by disputes over how to police modern biology and medicine.

Since then, he said, two efforts to open a small business of his own were thwarted by the high cost of borrowing money.

These efforts at compromise could well be thwarted by the forces of election year politics.