Sentence examples for prevented the worst from inspiring English sources

"We prevented the worst, and I mean the worst".

Now, investors want to see evidence of the sort of spine in the boardroom that might have prevented the worst excesses of the late 1990s.

If we had sent that money at any other time, and put it to work improving the health-care systems in West Africa, it would no doubt have prevented the worst effects of this epidemic and saved many lives.

The subsequent coördinated rescue operation, during which Western governments committed about nine trillion dollars of taxpayers' money in bailouts, stimulus packages, and financial guarantees, prevented the worst from happening, which, surely, justified a big relief rally.

On the tsunami, he said, he made his dire forecast when only 40,000 people — not 300,000 — were believed dead, and the world's abundant generosity paid for the clean water and mosquito control that prevented the worst from coming true.

While a severe drought early in the summer prompted fears of another famine like the one that killed tens of thousands of people in the 1990s, heavy rains in July seemingly prevented the worst-case scenario.

But with some enforcement, regulators could prevent the worst risks.

Austrian democrats must now urgently unite, and mobilise to prevent the worst outcome of all.

"Measures were taken to prevent the worst," Mr. Charlot scribbled in a memo that night.

But there is still time to prevent the worst from happening in Syria.

"We have a closing window of time to prevent the worst by preparing for higher seas".