Sentence examples for we intend to avert from inspiring English sources

"It is precisely this that we intend to avert by means of the legal protection we are seeking, while at the same time trying to protect the image and honour, both of our father and, in general, of our family".

The move was intended to avert any conflicts of interest.

It's that scenario, I assume, that Obama's hardline approach is intended to avert.

The article also referred incompletely to the source of pledges intended to avert such a sale.

The provi sion is intended to avert a toll increase on the seaway.

The deal was intended to avert a forced evacuation that many feared could turn violent.

It was the second emergency purchase this week intended to avert what the administration is now calling famine conditions.

They were protesting austerity measures intended to avert a default on the $132 billion public sector debt and economic collapse.

This apparent "olive branch" may actually be a Trojan horse intended to avert government regulation of drug prices.

The scope of directives defines the range of products covered and the type of hazards that the Directive is intended to avert.

Finally, some propitiatory sacrifices are clearly prophylactic, intended to avert possible misfortune and calamity, and as such they are really bribes offered to the gods.