Sentence examples for designed to head off from inspiring English sources

Late amendments to the charter may have been designed to head off legal challenges.

The payouts are designed to head off objections from union leaders.

This week the Saudi king, Abdullah, announced a $36bn£22bnbn) package of benefits designed to head off any potential unrest.

But on June 24th the government passed a bill designed to head off such a crisis, by tweaking the electoral map.

Mr. Obama's blunt condemnation of the I.R.S. appeared designed to head off fallout as Republicans and Democrats called for hearings and investigations into the matter.

The concession is designed to head off a walkout by England's 53,000 house officers and registrars that could cripple NHS services.

Its most important shift is a drastic tweak to spending plans, which appears designed purely to head off a Labour Party attack (see article).

Although many found the hypothesis compelling, multiple trials of drugs designed to block the activity of Substance P failed to head off acute attacks in migraine patients.

That was in part a legislative tactic, designed to pressure Congress to act quickly on his economic program to head off calamity.

They were hoping to head off new federal regulation of a business that is designed to ambush ordinary people and siphon off as much money as possible.

To head off an expected wave of bankruptcies, suppliers are seeking their own $18 billion in federal assistance through a variety of measures designed to boost short-term liquidity.