The size of patches of spared land affected conservation outcomes: population sizes were maximised under a land-sparing strategy that spared large blocks of natural habitat of ~ 1000 or, better, ~ 10,000 ha.
Instead, it ordered far cheaper changes that spared fewer organisms.
The late equaliser that spared his blushes came from a Dexter Blackstock header.
In 1997, aged 17, he scored the goal that spared Liverpool from losing to Wimbledon.
It was only the sharp wits of Seevakumaran's room-mate that spared the US another massacre.
He used it to create unneeded jobs that spared hundreds of Poles and Jews from being deported to death camps.
It was the combination of two South Americans, Agüero and Forlán, that spared both sides the prospect of penalty kicks.
Speaker Quinn negotiated an on-time city budget that spared teachers from layoffs and firehouses from closing.
Long before the current scandal, Roslyn was known as a place that spared little expense to educate its children.
In the end, the brothers pleaded guilty to murder in return for long sentences that spared their lives.
She was also criticised over a deal with HSBC that spared the bank from criminal charges over money laundering.
