Sentence examples for action diverted from inspiring English sources

The action diverted British attention and permitted Prinz Eugen to slip away.

But the activists' action diverted the discussion from the condition of the financial industry to the condition of everyday Americans facing financial hardship.

"Not only is military action diverting those materials, but reconstruction [in Iraq] means that supplies are short here.

He cursed at flight attendants and passengers until the pilot took action, diverting the aircraft to a tiny (3-by-10 mile) island in the West African nation of Cape Verde.

It is also the political convenience of the action, diverting, as it did, attention from Bill Clinton's domestic troubles.

In the months since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Norad said it had scrambled jet fighters into action or diverted air patrols more than 1,600 times in response to potential threats.

"And it's going to take serious corrective action to divert a control board from taking over".

Ford took the action to divert tires that would have been installed on S.U.V.'s and pickup trucks built at the plants to dealers for use as replacements for some of the 6.5 million tires Firestone recalled on Aug. 9 for possible defective tread.

Each action that diverts healthy people from the risk pool endangers the balance of revenues to payouts.

The report recommends urgent action to divert the stream away from the landfill, and capturing and treating any liquid coming from the dump.

She said the agency's actions were diverting resources from "real threats" to American security, like terrorists.