Sentence examples for head off trouble from inspiring English sources

But analysts called the move part of an attempt to mollify the opposition and head off trouble next week.

That was a clear sign of a desire to head off trouble.

The trick is recognizing the potential problem early enough to head off trouble before it grows into a major issue.

By this time, the issue had been brought to the attention of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, who also sought to head off trouble.

On gangs, he said he favoured using ex-gang members as "gang interventionists", who work with, not for, the police to head off trouble.

Almost everyone has heard horror stories about remodeling projects from hell, and read the usual tips about how to head off trouble.

In Australia, national networks known as Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) shape the way in which the government assigns resources and expertise to restrict the spread of plants or track animal movements, always with an eye toward heading off trouble before it gets started.

In others, like Moscow, Swissair workers headed off trouble by contacting hundreds of passengers by phone to warn them that service was suspended.

Perhaps the family could have headed off trouble by listening to Apple spokeswoman Christine Monaghan.

Humor heads off most trouble ("Now, Millie, stop being so bossy"); if trouble does arise, we -- lovely pronoun, "we" -- we fix it next day, not an eon later.

Given the importance of the statute both to heading off audit trouble and to knowing when you may be able to throw some of those receipts away–it is surprising how few taxpayers are statute savvy.