Sentence examples for been able to avert from inspiring English sources
"I am also happy to learn that in their statement, bishops apologise for not having been able to avert the genocide," he said.
Selig did not quarrel when asked if he believed baseball's leaders might have been able to avert the wrongdoing described in Mitchell's report had they been more focused on it, instead of on economic issues, as was alleged by Mitchell.
The attack is seen as a wakeup call for Germany's security and intelligence services, after the country appeared to have previously been able to avert attacks of the kind seen in Belgium and France.
Before his visit, King Abdullah set off a minor diplomatic flurry when, in an interview with the BBC, he accused Britain of not taking the issue of terrorism seriously enough and said it had ignored Saudi intelligence "that may have been able to avert the tragedy" of the bombings in London on July 7 , 2005
Economists note that when Canada did not follow the United States into a recession after the Sept. 11 attacks, it was the first time in 25 years that the country had been able to avert being tugged into an American tailspin.
That has been credited for steady reductions in claims and a business that has been able to avert the downdraft caused by price competition elsewhere in the auto insurance industry.
"We were able to avert a major catastrophe," he said.
"They were able to avert a real cycle of violence," he said.
Will the Twins, without the astute Tom Kelly as their manager, be able to avert contraction?
