Sentence examples for intend to avert from inspiring English sources

"It is precisely this that we intend to avert by means of the legal protection we are seeking, while at the same time trying to protect the image and honour, both of our father and, in general, of our family".

The move was intended to avert any conflicts of interest.

It's that scenario, I assume, that Obama's hardline approach is intended to avert.

It was the second emergency purchase this week intended to avert what the administration is now calling famine conditions.

They were protesting austerity measures intended to avert a default on the $132 billion public sector debt and economic collapse.

This apparent "olive branch" may actually be a Trojan horse intended to avert government regulation of drug prices.

Finally, some propitiatory sacrifices are clearly prophylactic, intended to avert possible misfortune and calamity, and as such they are really bribes offered to the gods.

Mr. Obama acknowledged the concerns, but argued that his spending programs were temporary emergency measures intended to avert a new Great Depression.

The offer was intended to avert an incursion by Turkey's military into Iraq's Kurdish region to fight the rebels.

A blank electronic board at the M15 bus shelter was intended to avert just this situation by providing real-time updates to riders.

Ten of the world's biggest banks, including Barclays ,Goldman Sachs and Citibank, agreed late on Sunday to set up a $70bn emergency bailout fund intended to avert more failures.