Sentence examples for to forestall them from inspiring English sources

To forestall them, Alfonso offered the spoils of the city to the freebooter Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, called El Cid.

But he did too little to forestall them or to modernize Italy's economy, even as he did plenty to serve his business, legal and libidinal needs.

Blizzard, to its credit, has anticipated most of the problems that arise in the game, and does its best to forestall them.

For weeks he has tangled with officials in charge of bulldozing the wrecked houses in an effort to forestall them until he can finish.

The young emperor again showed his resoluteness by deciding in favour of trying to deprive Wu of his army, arguing that the three kings were sure to eventually rebel against Beijing and that it would be better to forestall them by taking advantage of this opportunity.

Cath thought for one disoriented moment that the dead boy had somehow managed to get ahead of them, to forestall them, to reassure them he was all right after all, to stop them bringing the terrible news home to his parents.

The following list of worst-case scenarios – and I'd like to be absolutely clear about this – is provided solely in a spirit of generosity, to help the GOP forestall them.

In a courtroom, a judge or jury may contain those consequences or at least take pains to address and perhaps forestall them.

All of this suggests that, belying its immense potential, the G-20 may be better equipped to cope with the aftermath of crises rather than forestall them.

He told Good Morning Britain on ITV1: "They have a kill list, they have plans to mount a series of attacks on Britain and our job is to identify those attacks identify, the terrorists and where we can forestall them.

Builders produce weighty studies that describe every imaginable "impact" on the broadly defined "environment" in an effort to forestall lawsuits accusing them of inadequate disclosure.