The phrase "are to avert a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing actions or measures intended to prevent something from happening.
Example: "The measures we are to avert a potential crisis include increased funding and community outreach."
Alternatives: "are meant to prevent a" or "are designed to avoid a".
And scientists agree we have only a few years to change directions if we are to avert a climate catastrophe that would dash the hopes of generations to come.
Democrats, Republicans and the White House have until Dec. 21 to reach a budget deal if they are to avert a partial government shutdown, but talks are deadlocked over funding for the wall.
A Downing Street spokesman said that while May "noted that we shared Saudi Arabia's concerns about Iran's destabilising regional behaviour" she made it clear that aid and commercial supplies to Yemen must be restored "if we are to avert a humanitarian catastrophe".
If we are to avert a disaster for American creativity and craft, the hour grows late.
Prof Mark Woolhouse from the University of Edinburgh added: "What most excites me is the tantalising prospect that this discovery is just the tip of the iceberg". He said it was vital the antibiotic pipeline was reopened "if we are to avert a public-health disaster".
We need to learn from the mistakes of the past and act now if we are to avert a repeat.
Romney and company don't' seem to have a clue about the urgent need for drastic reductions of fossil fuel-generated greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade if we are to avert an overheated planet.
An overriding imperative in the United States, he says, should be to avert a drastic economic slowdown.
"Pasok's strategy," said Theodore Pangalos, a senior party member and former foreign minister, "was to avert a crushing defeat nationwide.
But this is more a plea for wiser policymakers than a case against reducing rates.Another reason for caution, voiced by Mr Trichet, is to avert a "liquidity trap".
If it is to avert a decline, the country must follow the same path as the rest of the global industry.
