Sentence examples for prepared to avert the from inspiring English sources

It raised the question whether the world is prepared to avert the threat of a potentially much bigger disaster from a collision with a near-Earth object.

Both Chief Putney and Mayor Roberts sought to reassure residents that the city was prepared to avert another night of violence.

Grumbling in Congress has been limited to "Why weren't we told?" The leadership had a right to expect to be informed, but that raises a counter-grumble: What is Congress doing to prepare to avert national paralysis in the remote event the Capitol is suddenly destroyed?

A report prepared for a state commission that has been seeking to avert the plant closure noted that "G.M. accounted for only 10 percent of the plant's production last year and an average of 15.4 percent between 2001 and 2009".

Britain's jockeys can expect to discover on Friday whether the British Horseracing Authority is prepared to adjust its strict new regime on the use of the whip to avert the danger of strike action by riders.

Talks will start on Wednesday to avert the most extreme disruption yet for long-suffering Southern passengers, with 40% of trains to be cancelled as conductors prepare to strike for five days next week.

Some tried to avert the calamity here.

The deal to avert the fiscal cliff.

It was trying instead to avert the risk of deflation.

What can we do to avert the fish doomsday?

So why was nothing done to avert the subprime fiasco?