The expression "divert time" is not a correct phrase in written English.
It could be replaced by "devote time" or "allocate time" depending on the context. For example: I will have to divert time from my studies to help my sister with her project.
Without extra money, they said, they will have to divert time and staff members from traditional programs to smallpox.
It can divert time from running a company and prompt criticism that the author is neglecting work to embark on an ego trip.
That forces a cash strapped local council or police force to have to choose between pursuing a breach which is obviously the right thing to do, but to do so will divert time and cash from other priorities.
"How do you create an additional assessment that is actually going to strengthen instructional practice, rather than divert time away from instruction?" said Shael Polakow-Suransky, the city's chief academic officer.
But a far greater emphasis should be placed on behavior detection and screener discretion, accompanied by a de-emphasis of reactive, blanket screening policies that by nature divert time, energy and attention from probable security threats.
He has solidified his position in Iowa and strengthened it in New York, which may force Bradley to divert time and money from the West and the South to what had once looked like a sure state for him.
They point out that local forces have diverted time and money to police late-night drinking, and have been given extra cash by the government.
My commutes begin with a last gasp of e-mail, news, articles on Instapaper, or proofs for work, so my trip can be productive or diverting, time I can feel that I have some control over.
But its critics now claim that attention to these more contentious issues, driven by narrow cliques, not only diverts time and energy from core campaigns but, in the current media climate, actively hurts the NUS's credibility.
Doing so would risk diverting time and money from surveillance, "likely imped[ing] the NSA's mission," I Charles McCullough, the inspector general of the intelligence community, wrote to Wyden and Udall in June 2012.
Annual testing for these women does not improve health outcomes, it diverts time from more important preventive measures that could be addressed in a health maintenance exam, and it wastes money.
