Sentence examples for may fend off from inspiring English sources
(Well) Walnuts may fend off diabetes.
Those cloves, which liquefy in the mouth like pats of butter, may fend off colds, bellyaches and wrinkles.
Meanwhile, Targacept, a firm based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is looking at another group of nerve-cell proteins, the nicotinergic receptors, whose activation has been shown to increase alertness and may fend off cognitive decline.Another technology, known as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), also holds out the promise of enhancement.
A good attitude may not fend off all of life's woes, but it can help you avoid catching a cold, a new study says.
Now it appears that a diet rich in fiber may also fend off asthma, an inflammatory condition that constricts the airways of the lung, by changing the way some immune cells are produced in the bone marrow.
With his appearance now, however, Chamberlain may have to fend off questions about his commitment.
It is clear from research on laboratory animals that a rich mixture of gut bacteria is essential for digestion and some medical authorities believe that gut flora may help to fend off disease.
Arsenal may have to fend off pesky bids from Bayern Munich for Laurent Koscielny after contract talks with the defender over a £90,000 a week deal stalled like a rusty old Austin Maestro.
They could either gear up for acquisitions, or they could raise debt defensively, as Britain's BAA, the world's largest airport operator, may do to fend off a highly leveraged potential bid from Ferrovial, a Spanish conglomerate.This makes sense as long as interest rates or a downturn do not put borrowers under intolerable strain.
But Kingston may struggle to fend off future cuts: Science research advocates worry that steep budget reductions are looming as part of upcoming battles over short- and long-term federal spending plans.
And Hughes, who signed Samba in January 2007 when he was Blackburn manager, is eager to be reunited with the towering defender but may have to fend off reported interest from Paris Saint-Germain.
