Sentence examples for off the outbreak from inspiring English sources

Their efforts to preserve that special status in perpetuity, even after the promised election of a new civilian government, set off the outbreak of protests against military rule last month and the generals' subsequent crackdown.

Being aware of heavier mosquito activity and changes in mosquito populations could have provoked targeted pesticide spraying and standing water mitigation to head off the outbreak.

Professional prickers included John Kincaid and John Dick, whose actions helped set off the outbreak of witch-hunting in 1661 62, and whose exposure as frauds, and subsequent imprisonment, helped end the trials.

The largest part of the operation is the provision of water and sanitation systems to head off the outbreak of diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera, especially deadly to children.

You're parachuted into the fictional town of Harran, the centre of the outbreak now sealed off from the outside world.

The country's economy expanded by a blistering 9.9% in the fourth quarter year-on-year and by 9.1% for the whole of 2003, shrugging off the effects of the outbreak of SARS.

Today, the progression of the outbreak has significantly eased off, thanks to the rapid response by the region's governments and their partners.

Today, the progression of the outbreak has significantly eased off, thanks to the rapid response by the region's governments and their partners such as the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO).

Allardyce, who has lost Christopher Samba, David Dunn and another unnamed player to swine flu along with at least two members of staff, including the club doctor, said that Blackburn had been warned by the Premier League that they should not attempt to get games called off despite the outbreak.

But he did charge three students with dissemination of child pornography, a Class C felony, because they had set off the viral outbreak.

While the North Korean authorities step up efforts to ward off the Mers outbreak, residents distrustful of the state's ability to contain the disease are turning to traditional remedies.