Sentence examples for prevent defeat from inspiring English sources

Notts were undone by a five-wicket haul from Neil Killeen with Gareth Clough's 42 not enough to prevent defeat.

Goalkeeping provided victory for the Americans at the 1999 Women's World Cup, but tonight it was not steady enough to prevent defeat.

But the bowling attack lacks gums, let alone teeth, and as the captain proved himself in Johannesburg a fortnight ago, even double centuries do not prevent defeat.

In 1968, a top American military commander wanted to move nuclear weapons to South Vietnam to prevent defeat in a key battle.

Periodically, top officials concluded that events in Vietnam had taken another turn for the worse, and to prevent defeat they had to dispatch more troops and do more bombing -- and so the steady escalation proceeded without lasting effect on the balance of power in Vietnam.

Substitute Vedad Ibisevic netted Bosnia-Hercegovina's first World Cup goal, but it was not enough to prevent defeat.

Big scores made at a careering lick win matches, not just prevent defeats.

He also added six goals apiece against Footscray and Collingwood, but it was not enough to prevent defeats.

Saddam apparently believed WMD had stopped the US marching on Baghdad in 1991 and had prevented defeat by Iran.

Tory ministers fear they may not be able to prevent a defeat without further concessions.

Without using Trump's name, Obama said that only "bad decisions" made by the US would prevent a defeat of Isis that he portrayed as inevitable.