Sentence examples for manage to prevent a from inspiring English sources

Over the past two years, protests and strikes did not manage to prevent a state pension reform, and a mini-reform of public health-insurance.

Notably, its domestic growth did manage to prevent a fall in aggregate revenue, but if the company can't convert its domestic success to other locales, its future growth rates could be negatively impacted.

Republicans also held off a challenge from independent candidate Greg Orman in Kansas and managed to prevent a runoff for a Senate seat in Georgia by comfortably defeating Democrat Michelle Nunn.

Some 90 Isis fighters, with no heavy weaponry, managed to prevent a sustained advance by more than 500 coalition fighters representing Arab Sunni militia, the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga, aided by US and German advisers and airstrikes.

The assessment found that government interventions had managed to prevent a financial crisis from worsening, but said that "the cost of intervention has been high and stability is tenuous".

In the end, Israeli commentators said Mr. Sharon was mainly pleased that he had managed to prevent a rift in his government, and that he had enhanced his power over Mr. Arafat by requiring the Palestinian to approach him if he wanted to travel outside Ramallah.

Several vessels spotted the container adrift, and the RNLI said it had managed to prevent "a larger incident".

Commons fired over then forced another parry from Smith, who also beat away a Hooper effort, as Dunfermline managed to prevent a heavier defeat.

A small tribe in eastern India has managed to prevent a British-Indian mining giant from exploiting the aluminium ore rich hills in which they live.

Wall Street will probably give Bernanke a standing ovation if he manages to prevent a recession, but such a scenario will make him (potential) public enemy number one in China.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it "managed to prevent an attack" when it fired on the boy as he prepared to throw a Molotov cocktail — which is a version of events that Palestinian officials deny.