Sentence examples for sent to fix from inspiring English sources

Its troubles continued after launch, and a manned rescue mission was sent to fix Hubble's optics at huge expense.

By contrast, the executive that Daimler sent to fix Mitsubishi, Rolf Eckrodt, is described by Mr. Maxton as a "reluctant hero".

One hot summer afternoon, after a windstorm disrupted power in his neighborhood, Reeder nearly slugged the repairman sent to fix the problem.

Mr. Paes's office said in a statement that the "worst phase" of the manhole crisis was over, explaining that an emergency operation in 28 neighborhoods that ended last year identified 314 manholes with a great risk of explosion, and that crews were sent to fix each one.

Local authorities can ascertain when lights are broken and can send out crews to fix them specifically instead of the historical system in which staff would manually carry out inspections at night and then other crews would be sent to fix them, says Gibson.

One afternoon, I spent a few hours trying to prevail upon somebody at the Polynesian Village to fix the television set in our room, and I found it more and more difficult to answer that I was having fun as a series of talks with relentlessly friendly young people at the front desk resulted in nobody showing up at our room except a man who said he had been sent to fix the air-conditioning.

But what should shock everyone is that some elected officials ― including ones just sent to Washington to "fix things" ― are pursuing policies that are far more drastic.

This other person may very well be your soul mate, or perhaps, they were sent to teach you, fix you and save you from yourself.

"Colonel Larry James, a psychologist sent to Abu Ghraib to fix it, said that 50 times he was within 100 yards of being blown up or shot.

Agents cut off internet connection to the room before claiming to be repairmen sent in to fix the problem.

Whenever a tough foreign-policy issue pops up, there is a good chance that Mr Eizenstat will be sent off to fix it.