| An attempt had been made to scupper the ship by starting a fire and making a hole in the hull. |
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| Apart from the times when my argumentativeness has threatened to scupper even that. |
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| His current advisers fear that his colourful past and his liberal social positions could scupper his candidacy. |
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| Now we've got the peace folk coming I have no doubt it will scupper the whole thing. |
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| Davis looked poised to grab another frame from a seemingly lost position only for a double kiss to scupper his comeback in the fifth frame. |
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| He is the best clay court player in the world, without a doubt, but it is the doubts that may scupper him. |
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| It could scupper this directive, but we also think it is a matter of practicality. |
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| The British Tories say they will try to scupper Lisbon if it is not in force by the time they come to power. |
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| There are several bills in the House and Senate that could scupper the deal. |
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| It was obstinacy on both sides, in my view, that acted to scupper a successful conclusion at the last time of asking. |
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| The well deck scupper plugs were secured because the deck was below the waterline. |
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| This is a drastic reduction that might scupper completely the very basis of defending natural sea resources. |
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| A self-draining scupper is fitted on each side of the transom at deck level. |
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| In these conditions, it is not surprising that a number of Member States have preferred to scupper the quota policy. |
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| The report is good as it stands and should not be watered down by amendments that may also scupper previous compromises. |
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| The field sheet must be in place prior to installation of the scupper insert. |
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| Set the welded scupper piece in Water Block sealant and secure it to the structure. |
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| We're afraid to put our demands over too strongly, too assertively, because that could scupper the dialogue. |
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| Eight sills, one scupper and eight culverts will ease the most difficult clearings. |
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| Remove existing scuppers and provide new watertight ones on re-roofing projects or clean the existing scupper for reuse. |
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| Without enough fortitude on the part of the entrepreneur, discouragement could scupper an otherwise viable project. |
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| But even your best tile can, if played at the wrong time, scupper your plans plan. |
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| The white witch cast a blocking spell in April 2001 in an attempt to scupper plans by Swedish scientist Jan Sundberg to trap the elusive creature. |
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| As the equality movement found a renewed focus and determination, so its opponents ratcheted up their efforts to scupper it. |
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| It illustrates the lengths to which peace-wreckers, and men of violence, are prepared to go to to scupper hopes of harmony and disturb political stability. |
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| The minister fears that now even lesser frictions could scupper the new agreement. |
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| He wouldn't settle for any nap, and any time he looked close to being sleepy Akra Jr managed to scupper it with an inappropriate tickle, loud shout or noisy toy. |
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| The EU's Constitutional Treaty, which I hope the French will scupper, its Security Strategy and the European Defence Paper' stand for a Europe characterised by rearmament and the prospect of future wars. |
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| The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships. |
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| The operator put in the scupper plugs to prevent the ingress of water from the vessel's scuppers, which would be under the waterline when the lobster traps were loaded on board. |
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| However, given the lowball offer, there are reports that AB InBev may choose to scupper the sale, and try to sell off the breweries individually. |
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| It prevented a meltdown when it declined to devalue the yuan during the Asian financial crisis and ensured that the Group of 77 developing countries did not scupper the Kyoto protocol on climate change. |
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| This strategy is more than debatable, since it is based on conventions that are not yet ratified and it might even scupper this eagerly awaited measure. |
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| A recent case has highlighted the potency of restrictive covenants and their ability to scupper development if they aren't dealt with. |
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| But by giving every single government the right to scupper the UN Conference in 2012, the US position could hugely weaken or delay agreement to tackle irresponsible arms transfers that shatter countless lives worldwide. |
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| As soon as serious discussions take place on a possible relaxation of the embargo, the Cuban authorities engineer a provocation to scupper such developments. |
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| Those anti-Europeans who wanted to scupper the constitution because they believed they could halt the integration process that way have certainly been taught a lesson by this Treaty. |
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| Thus, maintaining the amendment would scupper our joint efforts and the objective of facilitating a first reading agreement under the codecision procedure. |
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| This would sound their death-knell and would scupper them for good. |
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| The drainage scupper at the centre of the transom bulwark was found to be effectively sealed shut by a large decal, bearing the vessel's name, that was fixed to the outside of the transom. |
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| Please remember that a negative assessment by Parliament on the final conclusions of the IGC would certainly scupper referendum campaigns wherever they spring up. |
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| Failure to develop a well-functioning venture capital system would scupper Europe's efforts to build an innovative SME-led knowledge economy, he added. |
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| Indeed, I am afraid that the real aim of our US friends is not so much to scupper the International Criminal Court as to get out of the peace-keeping operations and thus in some way attack the United Nations system. |
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| Speculation is bound to occur because it is hard to fathom the reason for 78-year-old Stevens climbing back aboard the Express ship that he tried so hard to scupper during his 14 years at the helm. |
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