Sentence examples for looking to avert from inspiring English sources

Like many South African mining companies looking to avert government intervention to bring blacks into mining, Trans-Hex had been searching for a black partner for some time, its chairman, Bernard van Rooyen, said.

Sam Togwell cleared Troy Brown's header off the line as the hosts looked to avert a fourth straight defeat.

A charm offensive by Murdoch and Sky non-executive directors Allan Leighton and Gail Rebuck looks set to avert the blocking of James's appointment at the company's annual meeting on Friday.

Some member states of the union including Britain are also looking to use more passenger data to help avert a terrorist attack.

Investors have been looking to Washington all year for leadership to calm the markets and take steps to avert more corporate scandals.

Reining in military spending is on the table as President Obama and Republican leaders in Congress look for ways to avert a fiscal crisis.

At the urging of the former ambassador to the Soviet Union, Llewellyn E. Thompson, who knew Nikita S. Khrushchev well and understood that the Soviet leader was looking for a way to avert war while saving face, Kennedy ignored the advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to destroy Cuba and responded to the softer message.

The initiative to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons program came from the Russians, who were looking for a way to avert American military action against the Assad government.

Sweden, which takes on the EU's presidency in July, is looking for a way to avert yet another train-wreck between Turkey and the EU.

By June, the mayor was looking for political support to avert a full public inquiry.

As we begin another countdown to looming federal funding reductions, decision makers in Washington are looking for creative ways to avert the impact of potentially devastating cuts.