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Example sentences for: locking

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Another representative said that IT is changing so rapidly that establishing a standardized electronic approach to public participation may have some real disadvantages later on, locking agencies into outmoded technologies.
The main arguments for expansion , from the U.S. point of view, are: 1) This is an opportunity to consolidate the Cold War victory by locking in the allegiance of newly democratic nations and ensuring their stability; 2) This is an insurance policy against a potentially resurgent Russia; and 3) This guarantees a continuing leadership role for the United States in Europe, even as Europe creates and strengthens its own institutions of unity.
Although we attempted to alter the CO 2 concentrations by locking the outdoor air dampers to fixed positions, in some cases the dampers did not remain in position.
All differences in extracted data were resolved by consensus between the two extractors prior to locking the database.
Because the attack was the subject of a criminal investigation, they told us, the term preliminary was used to avoid locking the government in with statements that might later be obtained by defense lawyers in a future court case.