The quick actions of the Kirkwall Hotel's night porter were praised by the police this week after he averted a potentially damaging fire. |
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Had the government acted in time with a firm determination, the calamity would have been averted? |
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Williams miskicked a volley from six yards and Wilbraham amazingly did the same before the danger was averted from the Blackpool line. |
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Luckily, the orange component came from a tasty sauce dominated by slightly bitter orange rind and so my fears were averted. |
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A driving instructor's student narrowly averted an accident as they came across the rope. |
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The guys shucked off their clothes with little thought to modesty, causing Danny's face to redden as she averted her gaze. |
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I wonder if this sad situation would have been averted if not for all the closures and shutdowns of treatment facilities? |
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The defiant stare, too, would have made a subtle effect, emphasised by the averted, pixellated face of the tubby, shorter guard. |
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We averted our eyes, from time to time casting a shifty glance in his direction. |
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The parties have averted their gaze from the cost of the government's special savings incentive scheme. |
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One question, for example, asks them to recount in 100 words a recent stressful incident in which they averted an unfavourable outcome. |
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I fancied that I saw disappointment flash in his eyes for a second when he turned to look at me, and I averted my gaze. |
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What will happen to the money put aside for a possible fire strike if this is averted? |
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A fall in capital expenditure in the aftermath of an investment boom is generally not averted by cuts in interest rates. |
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Another close call with catastrophe narrowly averted by EFF vigilance, we're sure. |
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Despite the eloquence of this passage, misunderstanding was not always averted. |
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After all the mix-ups, the disasters were averted and the romances were all sorted out. |
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Suddenly his eyes averted over my head and he seemed distracted for a moment. |
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Milling over the thought too much would distract my attention so I averted myself back to the problem at hand. |
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So strong were the emanations given off by the intense personal bubble they occupied that I averted my gaze and quickened my pace. |
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The 34-year-old mother of two heroically confronted the gunman and averted an even greater massacre. |
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He averted her gaze and skirted past her down the path she had come from, towards the bathroom. |
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I turned my head towards aisle three to stare down Vader, but I was afraid of being turned into a pillar of salt so I averted my eyes. |
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Industrial chaos at Stansted Airport and others across the country has been averted after ground staff accepted a pay deal. |
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I averted my eyes from Guinness to watch Tony, and Alec dried, that is, he forgot his lines. |
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He was confident that, with just 5,000 troops under his command, the catastrophe could be averted. |
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If the generalissimo had been capable of listening to advice the war might have been averted. |
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I averted my gaze to the tarred road between us, beneath us, and restrained my feet from shuffling ashamedly. |
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In a feeble attempt to not be noticed, she averted her eyes from the building and began to draw. |
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A total reliance on fuzzed rhythm guitar is averted by recourse to keys and samplers. |
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She averted her eyes, shifting her gaze to her feet in an attempt to avoid the mischievous curl of his lips. |
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I averted my eyes from the television, trying desperately to distract myself. |
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Yet just as it seemed that disaster was averted another major problem started. |
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Why, only last week I was involved in a little incident, but I kept my cool and averted disaster. |
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Had they been available to her freely, and free of charge, from the age of six, would the tragedy have been averted? |
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Sophie's life, as rendered here, is a series of catastrophes nearly averted, not a string of triumphs. |
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This would be a cautionary tale of catastrophes narrowly averted and environmental damage now emerging. |
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Meanwhile, a dispute which threatened to cause similar disruption in Tralee has been averted. |
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She quickly averted her gaze in guilt and began explaining how such a book came into her possession. |
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Kathleen stared at the pistol, which he held, that had a cloud of smoke whispering from its snout, then she averted her eyes to the fallen officer. |
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We also averted potential really catastrophic problems with critical infrastructure. |
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A problem that could have been averted at a relatively small cost wound up causing accidents that killed 13 people. |
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Hundreds of passengers were on board and only the quick reactions of one of the pilots, who aborted his take-off after reaching more than 115 mph, averted disaster. |
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However, disaster was averted with the arrival of the rescue boat, which managed to get a line on board the stricken vessel and was able to tow it to safety. |
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For instance, cattle could be averted to locoweed or known eaters could be removed and placed in locoweed-free areas to prevent social facilitation. |
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People in the bar looked around, but quickly averted their eyes. |
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I smiled menacingly and she quickly averted her terror-stricken gaze. |
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Though he averted his face to tell me this, his wife and children were killed when the janjaweed raided his village. |
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The girl's fair face flushed sensitively, and she averted her eyes. |
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Mr Arajarvi thereupon averted his eyes, apparently finding the ceiling a source of great fascination. |
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Muriel, being the modest girl that she was, averted her eyes and blushed. |
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The Republican strategy of obstruction collapsed in a late deal that averted default and re-opened the government. |
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The Gatekeeper averted his eyes guiltily, like a beaten dog. |
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The story starts with a narrowly averted major disaster on an oil rig. |
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Like visitors pretending they hadn't noticed the damp odour of fresh wallpaper paste, the opposition averted their eyes and didn't mention a thing. |
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It's the story of Max, a chronic daydreamer on the brink of adolescence whose crumbing homelife and bully problems are averted by his vivid visits from his imaginary friends. |
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Then, around Christmastime, physicians in Pennsylvania threatened a massive work stoppage, which was averted only by special intervention by the Governor. |
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Wilde fantasised the narrative of his own downfall as a kind of shadow narrative to his comedies all of which dissect the downfall narrowly averted. |
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This continues to be so in the face of mounting evidence that many of them are man-made and could be averted altogether or lessened by careful planning and forethought. |
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A potentially horrific terrorist outrage is narrowly averted when the bolshevist chauffeur is prevented from chucking soup over a general. |
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It was ham-handed and poorly done, and it all could have been averted. |
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Thus a conflict between Newton's religious views and Anglican orthodoxy was averted. |
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Charles II accepted the nomination of Joseph Ferdinand as his heir, and war appeared to be averted. |
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This problem is usually averted by housing them in robust hutches and runs. |
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Although averted, the plot highlighted the danger of allowing Richard to live. |
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Here we show that overspinning is always averted once back-reaction from the particle's own gravity is properly taken into account. |
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In December 2016, a serious accident was narrowly averted by the alertness of a driver. |
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The agreement averted immediate war and allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland. |
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Has Hickenlooper's task force averted a spitball fight at the 2016 election? |
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Disaster averted, this vehicle crashed through toll barrier M6 then drove wrong way up M'Way onto M6 before being stopped. |
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The two forces met near Kappel, but war was averted due to the intervention of Hans Aebli, a relative of Zwingli, who pleaded for an armistice. |
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While the invasion had been averted, England was unable to take advantage of this success. |
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The first Nootka Convention averted the war but left many specific issues unresolved. |
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The school staff, trained to use a defibrillator just one week earlier, averted tragedy when they restarted the young athlete's heart with a single shock. |
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If Ischia could procure a well-regulated outlet after the manner of Stromboli, this danger might be averted and a more ridibund race of mortals evolved. |
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Ghosh averted from accusing the leaders of being involved in the Saradha Group ponzi scam, and instead suggested that police should seek their help to delve into the scam. |
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These crises were initially averted, but issues remained unsettled. |
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In 1529, a war between the two sides was averted at the last moment. |
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For example, some of the more prudish senders may have averted their attention from the sexual pictures while other more prurient viewers may have intensified their gaze. |
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On that same day, tragedy was averted narrowly when another retardant air tanker was forced to make a belly landing because its gear failed to deploy. |
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