Sentence examples for been able to stave from inspiring English sources
In some cases, Ms. Ebron has been able to stave off eviction with the help of the Neediest Cases.
Nor have the police or security forces, even when they are assigned to patrol areas with a vulnerable community, been able to stave off the attacks.
As a result, Mr. Obama has so far been able to stave off bigger losses in the most hotly contested states, in particular among independents, who are divided in Colorado and Wisconsin and supporting Mr. Romney in Virginia, and white men, who are supporting Mr. Romney by double digits over the president in all three states.
We'd probably have ended up with a rather different British Empire: slavery might have persisted longer, transcontinental expansion would have been slower, and Britain might not have been able to stave off the French revolutionaries (but the what-ifs begin to pile up badly here).
In a role reversal for Microsoft, Sony has been able to stave off the software giant's challenge in the video-gaming industry because the Sony PlayStation 2 boasts a much larger library of games than the technologically more-advanced Microsoft Xbox does.
In animal models, the cells have been able to stave off or even reverse disease progression.
For now, several agencies were able to stave off deeper cuts.
With luck, Congress may be able to stave off a shutdown later this month, though at a high cost.
By enforcing the patents, Glaxo may be able to stave off generic competition at least until 2003.
