Sentence examples for divert as from inspiring English sources

Mr. Koizumi is seeking to divert as much as half of that to other needs.

They would divert as much trade as they created and introduce big distortions.For most of the post-war period, the optimistic view prevailed as regional and multilateral liberalisation proceeded in tandem, albeit unevenly.

It took decisions by the United States Supreme Court in 1931 and 1954 to uphold New York City's right to divert as much as 800 million gallons of water a day from the river.

During the days when there is no cap on the well, Admiral Allen said, the third system for collecting oil will be put into operation that could eventually divert as much as 20,000 barrels a day to the Helix Producer.

The drought has already complicated Brown's efforts to win approval for his long-range plan to build two 35-mile tunnels that would divert as much as 67,500 gallons of water every second from the Sacramento Delta to thirsty cities and farms to the south.

Drought politics threaten to damage the prospects for his long-term plan to construct two 35-mile tunnels that would divert as much as 67,500 gallons of water every second from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to thirsty cities and farms to the south.

As with mysteries or science fiction, most entries are at least diverting, as long as you are willing, on occasion, to suspend disbelief.

The massive effort that went into building treatment centres for thousands of sick people was now being diverted as quickly as possible into contact-tracing.

The period detail of Prohibition-era rural Virginia is diverting, as are Jason Clarke and the brilliant Tom Hardy as the bootlegging Bondurant brothers.

But highly diverting as much of the book is and to some extent valuable as a criticism of scientific optimism, it suffers from Mr. Huxley's characteristic inability to believe really in anything.

All the utilities — asbestos-shrouded steam pipes, old cast-iron water mains, electricity cables, natural-gas lines, and the Empire City ducts containing cable and telephone wires — had to be diverted as well.