Sentence examples for unable to avert from inspiring English sources

Although the liberation from Russia occurred peacefully, Finland was unable to avert a violent internal conflict.

But she was unable to avert its revocation (August 1568), which heralded the third civil war.

Unable to avert the disastrous effects of the Great Depression on Germany in 1929, he was forced to resign his second chancellorship.

But Poland stands to benefit from a weaker currency via an improved foreign trade balance, and may even be unable to avert an increase in the deficit.

In closing arguments, a lawyer for the S.E.C. claimed that the Bents tried to soothe investors' fears while knowing that they would be unable to avert disaster for the fund.

Mr. Yardeni said the market "is already stumbling off an 'earnings cliff,' " and investors worry that political gridlock could render the nation unable to avert a fiscal precipice, too.

Oct 2002-Oct 2003: Brighton Unable to avoid relegation.

Iraq's leaders, struggling first with the post-Saddam Hussein strife and now with a political impasse that has delayed the formation of a new government, have so far been unable to do much to avert the catastrophe unfolding here, let alone reverse it.

Opposing forces have been unable to develop strategies with which to avert their doom at the hands of the bug zapper.

When asked why the government did not step in to avert a Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, Paulson said, "We were unable to find any buyer to come in and make the acquisition on an assisted basis or an unassisted basis".

Negotiations to avert a takeover are ongoing.