Sentence examples for ward off criticism from inspiring English sources

Damien Duff, meanwhile, has found a novel way to ward off criticism of his bad form on the left wing at Newcastle.

"The book is no way sentimental," said the chair of judges, Claire Tomalin, of Macdonald's memoir, as if to ward off criticism of a soppy choice.

But after the attack today on Mr. Rantisi various diplomats and officials involved in the process say that Mr. Abbas needs actions by Israel to ward off criticism that his conciliatory talk has accomplished nothing.

Garner joined Openreach, which builds and maintains BT's vast copper and fibre network, in February 2014 and has spent much of his time trying to ward off criticism and regulatory intervention over poor service standards and lack of competition.

"For emphasis (this is so important I give myself permission to break the rules); for self-definition (I don't care how I'm supposed to act; this is who I really am); to ward off criticism (he's too upset for me to challenge him); to suggest intimacy (he feels so comfortable with me he will break the rules in front of me); and so on".

Nor has the commission any means of enforcing its recommendations.Yet governments, which on the surface appear impervious to shame, spend a remarkable amount of money and energy trying to ward off criticism, even when it is kept under the wraps of the commission's special confidential procedure.

Still, Moore's equable ghost successfully wards off criticism.

Treasurer Joe Hockey has warded off criticism saying backpackers had been "enjoying" a tax free threshold of almost $20,000 and the playing field needed to be balanced out.

In the context of warding off criticisms of the view that virtue is knowledge, Little (1997) suggests that the dispute is fundamentally theoretical, implicating large and complex questions about the nature of agency, normativity, and responsibility.

Just before the summit, Japan attempted to ward off potential criticism of its strict rules on accepting refugees by announcing it would accept 150 Syrian exchange students over the next five years.

The researchers did a randomized, blinded, crossover study using the most rigorous research design to ward off any criticism (which will inevitably come from the $1 trillion food industry).