Sentence examples for designed to forestall from inspiring English sources

Thus the process has produced the one outcome it was designed to forestall.

So, with a secrecy designed to forestall opposition, some local gay and lesbian couples were put on standby.

Haiti's political system was designed to forestall strongmen, and as such, gives parliament a lot of power.

Both earlier measures had been designed to forestall armed thieves, but the neighborhood has seen sharp declines in crime since the 1990s.

The essential function of the pubescent geek chorus – its elaborate plots designed to forestall a terrifying awareness of how overwhelming life is becoming – suddenly seemed clear.

Clearly, this use of an ethnic/religious label provoked strong feelings based on a long history of strong feelings — exactly the kind of reaction that The Times's policy is designed to forestall.

For decades, many architects have tried to adapt their designs to forestall a new normal, choosing materials that will be less damaging to the environment and arranging rooms to be heated or cooled by the sun and wind, not the grid.

The high rate of buildings and infrastructural failures in Nigeria especially in Lagos area which always involve loss of lives and properties in recent times calls for diverse subsurface investigation that could aid in engineering design to forestall such failures (Adepelumi and Fayemi [1]; Evinemi [2].

The Chinese cut their bank reserve ratio requirement by 0.5%, a move designed to help forestall a serious slowdown in the country.

The reported launching followed efforts by the Obama administration to seek a new relationship with Tehran to forestall a nuclear program that Western countries allege is designed to build a nuclear bomb.

These concerns were addressed during the design stage to forestall any unexpected events.