Sentence examples for if not forestall from inspiring English sources

Moreover, as Internet services veer increasingly toward pay-for-use, and access channels to the Internet multiply, Minitel appears to have found, at least temporarily, fresh applications that may soften if not forestall its ultimate demise.

(The next day, Brigitte Bardot swore that she would move to Russia, too, if a French court did not forestall plans to euthanize two tubercular elephants).

The flames leaping into the sky underscored a crucial concern: if the pleas from Freddie Gray's family could not forestall violence in the streets of Baltimore, the difficult question will be what can prevent more of it.

But for others, the situation's familiarity did not forestall frustration.

But they could not forestall a bill on drug tests for unemployment benefits.

However, this did not forestall filmgoers complaining the film was too violent.

Peterson's departure did not forestall civil war at Lehman Brothers, and within months the firm was losing money.

In any case, while protecting your job should not forestall your calling the police, the consequences of doing so should.

Furthermore, the rescue might not forestall a recession, said G. David MacEwen, chief investment officer for the bond department at American Century Investments.

Barr's briefings will briefly stall the controversies but not forestall demands for hard evidence.

But concerns about how geoengineering might be applied should not forestall research or even field tests, most scientists felt.