Sentence examples for but to avert from inspiring English sources

Second, a large part of the stimulus "spending" was actually aid to state and local governments, intended not to expand spending but to avert a fall — that is, it was about maintaining government, not expanding it.

So now, as some vendors threaten to withhold credit and hospitals struggle to meet payroll, they are launching a vast effort, not only to recover lost revenue, but to avert Medicaid cuts that loomed even before the trade center attacks.

But he made a case that all those steps were necessary, not to help the institutions or people receiving taxpayer money, but to avert deeper economic problems that would afflict everyone for years to come.

Even Ronaldo's defining achievement of 2013 – a performance for the ages to beat Zlatan Ibrahimovic in international football's first one-a-side game – was not to win a trophy but to avert the unthinkable of Portugal not qualifying for the World Cup.

"If their intent was not to deceive but to avert a value-destroying run on the fund, then a strong argument can be made that the securities laws have not been violated," says Michael Klausner a professor of business and law at Stanford University.

Our data advocates the use of low tidal volumes, not only to avoid VILI, but to avert ventilator-induced myocardial dysfunction as well.

Our states are collapsing--but legislation to avert hundreds of thousands of layoffs and keep teachers and cops and firefighters on the job has been blocked by Republicans.

That cash would be welcome, but insufficient to avert a looming solvency crisis.

If either happens, it will be only because Boehner struggled but failed to avert such an outcome.

Small beer, compared to America's $17 trillion national debt -- but enough to avert another shutdown in January.

It was Mr. Primakov who tried but failed to avert the 1991 Persian Gulf war by shuttling to Baghdad to talk with Mr. Hussein.