Sentence examples for act to contain from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, today we have the ability to understand environmental threats, and act to contain them.

We need large-scale anticipatory adaptation, wherever possible, that will overlap with measures that will act to contain emissions.

"As we act to contain risk in the U.S., we want to minimize the chances that it simply moves to other markets around the world," Geithner said.

"Mr. Chairman, why, in the face of all that, did you not act to contain abusive, deceptive subprime lending?" Mr. Angelides asked, noting Mr. Gramlich's warnings.

It has also fortified a growing consensus among Pakistani politicians and the public that the Taliban have gone too far and that the military should act to contain the spread of the insurgency.

The echoes are historical — the October Crisis of 1970, which culminated in Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau instituting the War Measures Act to contain separatist hostilities, was hastened, in part, by similar kidnappings.

The jump in rates has taken place even as the Federal Reserve has acted to contain borrowing costs to aid the recovery.

Acting to contain inflation in Switzerland's expanding economy, the Swiss National Bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a greater-than-expected 50 basis points, or half a percentage point.

Acting to contain the damage, Gov. Daniels removed David Lott Hardy from his position as chair of the IURC.

World endangering acts of nations (or the lack thereof) will push other nations to act jointly to contain the threats (e.g. in the case of North Korea or piracy in the Gulf of Aden).

In what has been called "garbage can processes," problems, solutions, opportunities, and decision makers swirl around independent of each other within organized anarchies, which act only to contain them.