Sentence examples for acted to forestall from inspiring English sources

While Colonel King denied there had been any change in policy, Afghan officials, diplomats and local leaders in contact with American troops said that the Pentagon had recently acted to forestall an erosion of support.

The package included a call for the Bank of Japan to pursue "bold monetary policy", new measures to support the stockmarket, and a pledge that the government would act to forestall any financial crisis.

Even if Congress does act to forestall disaster, our debt level is unsustainable and will eventually lead to an economic slowdown anyway.

We propose that NELF acts to forestall precocious release of the paused transcription apparatus, which in turn ensures efficient and sustained occupancy of transcription initiation factors for the subsequent rounds of transcription at the energy-metabolism-related genes in myocardium.

It would authorize the President to use force, in conformity with the Act, to forestall imminent acts of terrorism and to protect internationally recognized rights of innocent and free passage in the air and on the seas.

And what could the community do to forestall a reoccurrence?

In contrast with the dithering over Northern Rock, ministers acted decisively to forestall another retail run and to ensure that deposits were placed in secure hands (see article).The hope was that the government's intervention would do much to allay worries.

Fearing a continued domino-like pattern of shootings, police are trying to act fast to forestall any acts of retaliation that could produce another string of violence.

Although the United States and Israel share the same objective of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability, the two differ on the point at which it may become necessary to act militarily to forestall the Iranian nuclear advance.

Burns acknowledged Turkey's exposure to the economic effects of sanctions as a neighbor to Iran, but reminded Sinirlioglu Turkish interests would suffer if Israel were to act militarily to forestall Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons or if Egypt and Saudi Arabia were to seek nuclear arsenals of their own.

"Burns acknowledged Turkey's exposure to the economic effects of sanctions as a neighbour to Iran, but reminded Sinirlioglu Turkish interests would suffer if Israel were to act militarily to forestall Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons or if Egypt and Saudi Arabia were to seek nuclear arsenals of their own.