Sentence examples for be diverted by from inspiring English sources

Policing forests is nearly impossible, and money is likely to be diverted by people in power.

"We're not going to be diverted by sophistry," is the tacit message.

The Wolffs published only what they considered worthwhile, refusing to compromise or to be diverted by commerce.

Peace negotiations would be diverted by the focus on Mr. Arafat and whether he was controlling events from offstage.

This is what we are doing and we are not going to be diverted by anything or anybody else".

Foundations can pursue risky long-term structural solutions; allowing their attention to be diverted by short-term needs would waste that potential.

He's been diverted by the charms of the East.

But his attention was diverted by a movement behind him.

Its quest-driven plot is diverted by wordplay and meta-references to itself.

On the way, they were diverted by a large co-op on Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn.

Britain backed off only when its attention was diverted by the Boer War in South Africa.