Sentence examples for avert a crime from inspiring English sources

Without the analytical aid of a computer system, Mr. Bryant said, the bureau's counterterrorism program would be hobbled, particularly if the goal was to avert a crime.

Also, the things people do to avoid becoming victims -- like avoiding dangerous districts -- have a cost even if they succeed in averting an actual crime.

Britain hinted that a neutral country should offer sanctuary to Mr Taylor, who faces war-crimes charges in neighbouring Sierra Leone, if that might avert a bloody battle for the capital, Monrovia.See article: George Bush goes to AfricaNigeria endured a general strike.

And did it really avert a calamity?

Negotiations to avert a takeover are ongoing.

Last year we helped avert a famine.

She also said she hoped that Peru had averted a drastic worsening of violent crime and human rights abuses, which she says would be triggered by the implementation of Keiko's plans to use the military to tackle crime.

Such a community safety approach, he believes, could prove crucial in averting a renewed upturn in the national crime rate.

But Mantei averted a rematch.

LAST week our country averted a disaster.

Congress just averted a global helium crisis.