Sentence examples for prevented the effort from inspiring English sources

That has not prevented the effort, conceived by Nicholas Negroponte, a prominent computer researcher, from becoming the focal point of a debate over the value of computers to both learning and economic development.

But people who have talked with Mr. Whitehead in recent weeks speculated that he may be positioning himself as a nonpartisan broker who can prevent the effort from being mired in politics and delays, and deal effectively with varied and competing groups.

This undermines Acemoglu and Robinson (2013)'s contention that "good" institutions have feedback loops that prevent the efforts of elites to undermine them.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that her office was joining with 17 other states to defend the Clean Power Plan against a series of wrong-headed legal challenges intent on preventing the historic effort to cut dangerous carbon pollution.

In order to prevent the additional effort of having to perform multiple tasks, as well as the expected biases resulting from chaining [ 37], it would therefore be advisable to directly anchor on full health.

The home side started brightly and only a full stretch save by Tyrell Belford from Danny Rose's effort prevented the Silkmen from taking an early lead.

Additionally, the Greenough River surpassed its banks; a sandbagging effort prevented the resultant floods from inundating the town of Walkaway.

Fortunately, we did have other strings to our bow, and this prevented the upset from paralysing our efforts.

Yet some consensus on this question is essential to prevent the squandering of effort and resources on such disparate goals that we never reach any of them.

He attempted to interpret the mandate of the OSRD as narrowly as possible to avoid overtaxing his office and to prevent duplicating the efforts of other agencies.

America will continue to lead the effort to prevent the spread of the world's most dangerous weapons.