Sentence examples for prevent a drop from inspiring English sources

Retirement specialists are overflowing with advice about what to do to prevent a drop in living standards.

The change is the latest effort by the government to curb lending as it tries to cool an economy that grew 10.3percentt in the first quarter and to prevent a drop in property prices from causing loan defaults.

Philip Hammond, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, told the Guardian last month that a Tory government might be forced to stage a rapid post-election budget to calm the markets and prevent a drop in Britain's credit rating.

The hope is that by that time, enough supply will have shifted from owner-occupied to rental housing to prevent a drop in ownership from producing more housing market havoc.

David Cameron may be forced to stage a rapid post-election budget to calm the markets and prevent a drop in Britain's credit rating in the first days of a Tory government, Philip Hammond, the shadow Treasury chief secretary, warns in a Guardian interview today.

After months of partisan confrontation that left the tax break hanging in the balance, Republicans suddenly offered to extend the two-percentage-point cut while continuing to haggle over added unemployment benefits and a measure to prevent a drop in fees paid to doctors by Medicare.

The Mets tried to prevent a drop-off by cutting ticket prices as much as 20 percent after last season, but signs of trouble quickly became apparent.

Any customer who buys, or already bought, a Windows 7 PC between June 2 and the end of January 2013 will be able to get an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $15, a move designed to prevent a drop-off in PC sales before the launch of Windows 8. Microsoft also said PC makers such as Acer, Asustek, Dell, HP, Samsung and Sony were also now taking pre-orders for machines with Windows 8 pre-installed.

The initial 2012 extension was for two months, rather than the full-year extension which had been sought; the legislation also extended unemployment benefits as well as a measure preventing a drop in rates for Medicare reimbursement; the spending for these was offset by enacting new fees on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

While RSA responded to the unexpected announcement by stressing it was trading better than it had expected, it failed to prevent a £1bn drop in its stock market value after the 106p fall in its shares to 403p.

China has sent shockwaves through global markets by moving to prevent a further drop in exports with the biggest one-off devaluation of its currency in 20 years.