Sentence examples for to continue as a buffer from inspiring English sources

China wants North Korea to continue as a buffer against American and Japanese influence, but it has also played a crucial role as a mediator between North Korea and the West.

Trott to continue as opener?

Moscow supports the Minsk regime because it wants to preserve it as a buffer zone against Nato encroachment.

Warfare lasted until 1000, when a peace treaty was concluded guaranteeing Aleppo's continued existence as a buffer state between the two powers.

Therefore, as climate changes, phenotypic plasticity may 'buffer' landrace populations and allow them to continue yielding as before due to a plastic response to the new environmental conditions (Scheiner 1993).

We could posit that this buffer of wealth, as well as the initial apparently sustainable trajectory, allows Elites to continue 'business as usual' despite the impending catastrophe.

It is intended to encourage banks to retain cash, perhaps as a buffer against hard times.

But there are risks with having no expert body such as the QCDA to act as a buffer.

Russia has lent military and political support to Tajikistan, as a buffer against Islamic fundamentalism in neighboring Afghanistan.

Since her study, the state has begun planting vegetation near the water to act as a buffer.

This leaves the remaining £20,000 free of any debt to act as a buffer against property value fluctuations.