Sentence examples for managed to divert from inspiring English sources

Five minutes later and much to our disbelief a police car actually rolled up: we managed to divert their attention by asking for directions.

Complaints against the police had dropped 50%; crime was coming down; and the Met had managed to divert IRA terrorist attacks.

Always constructive in their criticism, tweeters' comments ranged from claiming Corden had make them sick to one saying that if the host managed to divert a meteor heading for Earth and cured cancer, he would still hate him.

First, Jones was also excellent at centre-back after half-time against Arsenal, albeit he was rescued once by Jonny Evans, who managed to divert Bacary Sagna's cross away from Kieran Gibbs.

However, it's been something of a PR coup for Morrissey's people that they've managed to divert attention from their artist's ill-informed comments by focussing all the attention on the byline debate.

Between its move toward less conventional beef, its establishment of "Meatless Mondays," and its efforts to reduce food waste, the UCSF Medical Center's food services department has managed to divert a significant portion of its budget to more sustainable food sources.

Gascoigne, running towards his own goal at the near post, just manages to divert the ball away from Klinsmann.

8.54pm GMT GOAL! Ireland 1-1 Serbia (McCarthy OG) With Kolarov threatening, McCarthy gets himself in the way and manages to divert the ball into the net.

35th over: New Zealand 112-2 Giles bowls one that keeps very low and Fleming just manages to divert it away for a single.

Though Clean Vibes manages to divert bioplastics from landfill at Bonnaroo, a commendable achievement, bioplastics are not yet a practical or sustainable alternative in most applications outside Bonnaroo.

For instance, for mild and moderate stress conditions, we observe that the adaptive response manages to divert the outcome to low and intermediate activity states, respectively.