Its voluntary measures have been largely symbolic or merely attempts to forestall tougher requirements imposed from outside.
They came to believe that the 2005 power-plant rule that did make significant pollution cuts served another purpose: to forestall any additional cleanup requirements as long as Mr. Bush was in office.
The law stipulates some restrictions on bidders, but they do not, in our judgment, affect competition, but are intended to forestall opportunistic behavior (e.g. the requirement of a 5% bid bond).
To illustrate his point that increased regulation and higher capital requirements alone would not be sufficient to forestall another banking crisis, he pointed to Citigroup -- which once was seen as a model for combining all banking functions under one roof.
Selectivity of drug targeting is necessary in order to forestall undesired side-effects.
However, it now seems time to turn attention to the care of the AKI and chronic kidney disease patient in an effort to minimize, or at least forestall, the development of end-stage renal disease and requirement for chronic renal replacement therapy.
The Chinese cut their bank reserve ratio requirement by 0.5%, a move designed to help forestall a serious slowdown in the country.
Massive anti-science public relations campaigns whose sole purpose is to forestall or reverse evidence-based legislation their funders don't like have the side effect of undermining the public requirement that politicians stick to the facts.
Among them is a requirement that school districts develop what is known as an Academic Intervention Services plan for all students at each grade level as a way to forestall failure when it comes time to take Regents exams.
(e) To engross or forestall a commodity.
