Sentence examples for fend off concerns from inspiring English sources

In the Barclays case, the British bank was accused of reporting false rates to squeeze out extra trading profits and fend off concerns about its health.

The country is already trying to fend off concerns about the safety of gay athletes and visitors to the Winter Olympics in February in Sochi, after it passed a law banning "gay propaganda".

Regulators are worried that big banks set certain rates to their own advantage, in an effort to lift profits during the crisis and fend off concerns that their health was ailing.

Indeed, as Clinton's confidantes and campaign wranglers try to fend off concerns that the former secretary of state will struggle connecting with young voters, one of the left-wing leaders emerging from Barack Obama's administration is already favored in some circles to be her running mate.

The oil industry was also trying to fend off concerns about air pollution and the use of lead as a gasoline additive, a battle it finally lost in the 1970s.

To justify its suggested valuation and fend off concerns about slowing user growth, Snap has emphasized how important Snapchat is to its users, how long they spend on the app and the revenue potential of the emerging trend for young people to communicate with video rather than text.

Fending off concerns about his commitment to the city, Mr. Bush went out of his way at three separate public appearances yesterday to reaffirm the pledge.

Cook also fended off concerns about the increasing number of cheap devices competing with the iPhone in China, saying that Apple's "North Star" has always been building the "best products in the world" and arguing that stats showing 57percentt of mobile browsing in China happens on iOS hardware should be enough to convince people of the effectiveness of that strategy.

The policy package represents the end of a drawn-out Whitehall battle with Hammond having to fend off the concerns of the climate change secretary, Chris Huhne, and the health secretary, Andrew Lansley.

They are still waiting for permission from state and federal agencies to start using equipment and methods that no one has used in this region before, while fending off the concerns of area residents who fear the project will clog waterways and get in the way of boaters.

On the one hand, with the furor over her cellphone, Ms. Merkel was clearly concerned to fend off strong criticism at home that she had failed to react vigorously to last summer's initial disclosures of extensive American eavesdropping on millions of Germans, and really became engaged only after her personal privacy was at stake.