Sentence examples for was designed to counter from inspiring English sources
The jet (187 have been ordered) was designed to counter Soviet combat aircraft in the 1980s.
The artist's contraption was designed to counter the effects of the Chinese capital's dangerously high air pollution levels.
The provision was designed to counter the "twin myths" – that "unchaste" women are more likely to consent to intercourse and in any event are less worthy of belief.
The bill was designed to counter a March 2000 Israeli Supreme Court decision that there could be no discrimination between Jews and Arabs in allocating state lands.
The bureau was designed to counter that idea, and to give people a place to connect with the world around them.
Hay is probably best remembered as the promoter of the Open Door policy, which was designed to counter the trend toward divisive spheres of influence in the Orient.
Recent sympathetic media disclosures appear to have been designed to counter this suggestion.
They claim the move is designed to counter the threat from Ukip.
He says the bill is flawed, because it is designed to counter the threat from Ukip, but trying to "out-Ukip Ukip" is impossible, he says.
It is designed to counter the practice of large multinational companies diverting profits abroad through complicated business structures in order to avoid paying taxes.
Already, the Chinese believe that America's antimissile efforts from Alaska to the Pacific are designed to counter their own nuclear arsenal.
