Sentence examples for deter criticism from inspiring English sources

To deter criticism for Mr. Bloomberg's skipping the event, Mr. Skyler pointed out the candidate's attempt to learn Spanish.

They worked for a politically volatile Board of Education, and made forceful first impressions to deter criticism from its seven members or, worse, City Hall.

The embassy in Hanoi professed itself "deeply disturbed" and called for the immediate and unconditional release of the nine.Vietnam's government has never been shy of using the law to deter criticism.

Some fear this will deter criticism of the government.Mr Xi is unlikely to respond as aggressively to the petition as his predecessor, Hu Jintao, did to another high-profile appeal for political change, known as Charter 08, which was signed by several thousand people four years ago.

This could seriously deter domestic criticism of Israeli settlement and occupation policies.

It is a surreal but spiteful gesture, which should remove any vestige of faith that inattentive observers, or investors, might still have in Russian justice.Designed to deter foreign criticism of Mr Putin's regime, the Magnitsky trial should instead redouble it.

The recent announcement that the two American hikers held captive since August 2009 will be released in time for Ahmadinejad's visit is surely a ploy to appear as concerned humanitarians and deter any criticism of the regime's human rights record.

It could not be "distracted or deterred" by criticism.

Beijing wants to fold the struggle in the region taken by its army 65 years ago into the global campaign, in the process deterring any criticism of its policies in Xinjiang.

She's been taking grief, as has her Compaq Desk Pro PC, for several weeks, ever since the first Times ranking had the Irish at No. 1. Explaining to people that the computer uses strength of schedule as one of its main components -- Notre Dame's opponents are a combined 21-10 nextoto Miami opponents' 20-12 -- has not deterred the criticism.

2.28pm: James Murdoch has not let a heap of criticism deter him from his course, repeating and extending his BBC bashing in the Q&A session today.