Sentence examples for could be forestalled from inspiring English sources

When the mainland was weak, the question of reunification or independence could be forestalled.

That could be forestalled by the presidential campaign of Gov. George W. Bush, which has been structuring the convention to make it free of controversy.

The Norman invasion could not be forestalled, and their army seized Corfu, landed unopposed in Epirus and laid siege to Dyrrhachium, starting a decade of war which consumed the scant resources of the embattled Empire.

It is profoundly shameful to hear American officials cluck-cluck about the supposed "excesses" of the Shiite al-Maliki regime that they installed; the thousands of Sunnis being marginalized, imprisoned, tortured, denied employment and political representation, when all this revenge was foretold and could not be forestalled forever.

If so, Alzheimer's could be treated preëmptively, much the way heart disease can be forestalled by taking medications such as Lipitor decades before the fatty plaques caused by high cholesterol build up in one's arteries.

Can a war in Iraq be forestalled by semantics?

Once the interest rate increase is forestalled, lawmakers could turn to the long overdue task of revamping laws on student loans and student aid that are arbitrary and far too complex.

She disputed any notion of construction being forestalled until 2050, but could not say when it would occur.

But he had been "forestalled".

So, the underground cable option is forestalled and the fronts are hardened in general.

The attack was forestalled by a German retirement on the night of 10/11 June.