Sentence examples for prevented bigger from inspiring English sources

Modest gains made by Democrats in the House prevented bigger losses.

In a statement in February reporting a 39percentt rise in half-year profits, to 72.3 million Australian dollars, Southcorp's chief executive, John Ballard, said the combination of a wine oversupply and a high dollar had prevented bigger gains.

NASHVILLE — Andrew Nicholson came to St. Bonaventure from Canada thanks to a cellphone he accidentally smashed with his size 18 sneakers, a sprained ankle that prevented bigger programs from recruiting him and the lure of a glistening new science building.

Some bridges had been raised, but only to 4 feet, which allowed canoeing, but prevented bigger boats from using the waterway.

Up to that point, Fordham had prevented big plays.

After he had switched labels, Jive prevented Big Boi from including a track called "Lookin' for Ya," which features André rapping.

Such measures are plainly discriminatory and protectionist, but they have hardly prevented big U.S. corporations from making inroads into the Chinese markets.

But we did know that if we just prevented big plays and made them force things a little bit with pressure, maybe we could get turnovers".

In the rest of the country — what I once dubbed Flatland — permissive zoning and abundant land make it easy to increase the housing supply, a situation that prevented big price increases and therefore prevented a serious bubble.

No. Could regulation have prevented big problems?

That bill repealed the Glass-Steagall law that prevented big banks from speculating in high-risk securities.