Sentence examples similar to as a pre emptive from inspiring English sources

Think of this as a pre-emptive strike.

And so as a pre-emptive move (and at his wife's insistence), he fired her.

But others interpreted it as a pre-emptive move to take the issue off the table.

The networks would be shut down as a pre-emptive move to protect underground equipment.

Urgent ban now decreed as a pre-emptive strike in case of traction.

Aircraft dropped retardant not only on the flames but also next to the houses as a pre-emptive strike.

"The companies know that, and as a pre-emptive measure, they have to get costs down as fast as possible".

Two Russian diplomats left hurriedly in recent days, apparently as a pre-emptive move to avoid expulsion.

Already, taxi drivers have gone on strike in Paris and elsewhere as a pre-emptive move against deregulation.

Is everything O. K.?" And as a pre-emptive note to Monday-morning medics: Let's stow the stethoscopes for now.

This kind of defensive living works as a pre-emptive surrender and takes the form of reaction rather than action.