Sentence examples for willing to prevent from inspiring English sources

The problem was stated most succinctly two centuries later, by David Hume: "Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able?

To block opportunities for corporate profit he is quite willing to prevent desperately poor nations from selling their goods in U.S. markets, prevent patients from getting drugs that might give them a decent life and prevent a moderate who gets along with business from becoming president.

The questions are these: Is God willing to prevent evil but unable to do so?

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?

Are we ready and willing to prevent epidemics, forever?

on Wednesday indicated that he's willing to prevent the Senate from confirming a key Trump administration pick until the State Department determines whether Saudi Arabia ― a longtime U.S. partner especially close to President Donald Trump ― is violating American law by hindering relief efforts in Yemen.

Other colonial leaders liked Gandhi precisely because he was willing to negotiate, prevent violent rebellion, and make large concessions where Indian radicals would have preferred to stand firm.

One of the ways to estimate the value of statistical life or value of risk reduction from stated choice experiments is through the concept of marginal rates of substitution, i.e. how much would the respondents be willing to spend to prevent one traffic fatality (i.e. the rate at which they are willing to substitute money to save one life).

Success will largely depend on whether the Palestinian security forces are willing and able to prevent more attacks.

But if the Republicans made an offer that included revenue increases, they would at least show they are willing to compromise to prevent a national catastrophe.

And for Israel a greater concern is whether any Palestinian leader is willing or able to prevent the launching of missiles into Israeli territory.