Sentence examples for stave off criticism from inspiring English sources

He hopes an economic-stimulus package will stave off criticism that he is insensitive to the plight of ordinary Japanese.

The US's largest private employer is increasing the pay of about 40% of its employees as it fights to stave off criticism of its low wages.

If he is to stave off criticism that he is simply writing a new law for the jungle, Mr Bush needs to be clear not just about the limits to his new doctrine, but also about his aims.

The BBC launched advertising on its BBC.com international news site in November 2007, and moved to stave off criticism by appointing an "editorial guardian" to ensure that ads did not compromise the corporation's journalism.

Here, too, President Salva Kiir may feel he can stave off criticism by the patriotic fervour created by fighting a war.

Each character is given to pointing out the reductive sentimentality and banality in the arguments of the other, which conveniently allows Mr. Logan to stave off criticisms of being clichéd himself.

It's a sure way of attracting culture-seeking families, and it helps to stave off criticisms of boring line-ups that have befallen more traditional music festivals who have relied on the same pool of rock and pop acts as headliners in recent years.

Eyewitness accounts haven't been sufficient to stave off criticisms to her response to all that danger, nor questions about just how severe her ex's behavior really was.

The International Skating Union, trying to stave off intense criticism, awarded duplicate gold medals to the Canadians.

Here's a brief summary of where events currently stand: Malaysia's ministry of transport says police began investigating the backgrounds of all passengers, crew and ground staff last Saturday, in what appears to be an attempt to stave off growing criticism of their handling of the search.

Not all schools stave off formal reading instruction in kindergarten.