Sentence examples for decisive in preventing from inspiring English sources

Thomas's leadership was decisive in preventing the Union's annihilation in the Western Theater.

And the party's success in getting it back could prove decisive in preventing Republicans from wresting control of the chamber.

In an earlier study examining perceptions of the HPV vaccination among female university students in Hong Kong [ 24], parents – and in particular mothers – are noted to be decisive in preventing young women from receiving the vaccination.

Earlier this year, at the organization's second review conference, Javits played a decisive role in preventing a collapse.

Leaders are of particular importance in this construct, because their attention towards stressed employees represents the decisive lever in preventing productivity losses and costs caused by stress-related illness.

There are also the Russians and the Chinese, whose formal no's have come in the form of U.N. Security Council vetoes on resolutions that might have meant a start, and whose quieter refusals have been a decisive — if not the only — factor in preventing the formation of a sensible international consensus.

Other annoyed Mets in the clubhouse were shortstop Jose Reyes and second baseman Alex Cora, who were each disappointed in their inability to catch a pair of balls in that decisive inning that might have prevented Pelfrey's collapse.

The growth in road traffic is probably the decisive factor preventing children playing on the streets as they once did.

Hence, local mucosal protection against pharyngeal carriage is likely to be decisive for preventing disease [ 35].

An early diagnosis is decisive in order to prevent irreversible structural alterations and systolic dysfunction.

But the Australian, cleared of wrongdoing in April after a positive test for clenbuterol, made his move and it proved decisive to prevent Voeckler from extending his unbeaten run at Bagneres-de-Luchon.