Sentences with phrase «is a means to prevent»

The rule was meant to prevent banks from taking too much risk, though it's been criticized for making it harder for banks to hold certain types of securities that customers might want to buy.

Buying a coin solely to finance the deficit is monetizing the debt, precisely the sort of thing central bank independence was meant to prevent.

This low maximum number is meant to prevent the robot placing dozens of trades all at once which is often disadvantageous to traders.

While prepayment fees are meant to prevent you from paying off additional principal, an early payoff fee is a fee paid to the originating lender for loans that have only been on the books a few months.

Sales could be prosecuted under the criminal accessory component of this law, though such prosecutions were rare, because the state's policy was meant to prevent birth - control clinics from operating in Connecticut.

The rule is meant to prevent injuries and unnecessary collisions on both sides.

Many of these preventive efforts have not only been unsuccessful, they have created problems of their own, sometimes the very problems they were meant to prevent.

Keep your explanation simple by saying something like, «War is meant to prevent more bad things from happening in the future.»

Many of these tips are meant to prevent biting from happening in the first place, however it is almost impossible to not have at least one biter in a toddler or infant group.

This design is meant to prevent the nipple from collapsing and drawing in air as the baby releases and latches back on.

These laws are meant to prevent manufacturers from selling products that could put a baby in danger of suffocation.

Both the breakaway clasp (which breaks with a force of 6.8 lbs) and the individually knotted beads are meant to prevent choking.

If the mother has been consuming Vitamin K in some form or another, it will immediately begin transferring through her colostrum, which is rich in Vitamin K and breastmilk and by eight days of age, baby will have the «right» amount of Vitamin K (and since formula is fortified with vitamin K, formula fed babies shouldn't require it at all)-- since the disease it is meant to prevent doesn't tend to occur until between 3 and 7 weeks I personally question the need for the injection.

«Indeed, the transactions appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws that impose candidate contribution limits, laws which are meant to prevent «corruption and the appearance of corruption» in the campaign finance process.»

«Indeed, the transactions appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws... which are meant to prevent «corruption and the appearance of corruption.»»

He urged members of the union and drivers to be law abiding, adding that the operation was meant to prevent avoidable traffic accidents and save lives.

The Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act is meant to prevent farmers from feeding their livestock antibiotics.

The weld was meant to prevent a 58 - kilogram tungsten weight unscrewing itself from a grab on the reactor refuelling machine.

This was meant to prevent situations like the one created by COMPAS, which made wrong predictions about black and white defendants at different rates.

Twenty years of scientific research has traced these symptoms to Gulf War chemical exposures and the drugs taken during deployment that were meant to prevent or counteract these exposures.

Body awareness is a means to prevent injury and to improve biomechanics.

This is meant to prevent them from being bombarded with gross messages from guys.

The risk of failing to learn from past lessons is significant, Darling - Hammond adds, because poorly thought - out programs can cause teachers to become demoralized and even leave their districts, just what the programs are meant to prevent.

Shanker supported the war; to him it was a means to prevent the expansion of Communist totalitarianism, but to many other liberals and Socialists it was a doubtful effort at American hegemonism.

Putting the extra grease in the boot has only made it so you shouldn't have either of the issues which dielectric grease is meant to prevent.

The ABS is meant to prevent the wheels from locking up or from unnecessary skidding while braking.

These cameras are meant to prevent accidents that happen when a vehicle is in reverse.

That is meant to prevent the book from being resold, and a simple rubber stamp can make this process easy (stamp the inside cover and title page).

Generally, they claim that digital rights management is meant to prevent illegal copying of the e-book.

Kindle Touch seems like something that is meant to prevent Nook Touch from getting too much of the market.

This rule is meant to prevent people from buying expense capital assets right before year end, but then being able to claim a full year of CCA.

The rule is meant to prevent buyers from getting entangled in an endless cycle of debt.

In the UK, where leptospirosis vaccination is quite common, Canine Health Concern conducted a survey and found that the vaccine can also cause the disease it's meant to prevent.

The thick, soft undercoat is meant to prevent this breed from developing frostbite.

This means feeding a prescription diet made for weight loss (typically «lite» or «less active» diets are meant to prevent weight gain, not actually cause weight loss), feeding a measured amount, and coming in for regular weigh - ins at the vet's office.

Its non-skid base is meant to prevent sliding.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson faces a lawsuit over his agency's sidelining of a rule that is meant to prevent segregation in areas that receive federal housing funds.

Safeguards in the UNFCCC context are meant to prevent and mitigate undue harm from REDD + activities.

Medical tools like forceps are meant to prevent damage to the child during birth, but these tools can be dangerous.

Many contracts include non-solicitation (aka non-solicit) clauses, which are meant to prevent the employee from contacting clients.

More than to contain, it is meant to prevent crises of the kind just experienced.

This manipulation fundamentally misunderstands that state neutrality is meant to prevent the state from imposing a particular religious belief, not curtail the right of individuals to express their personal beliefs.

The spider - like metallic device is meant to prevent pulmonary embolisms, but carries serious defects and risks, including the device splintering, migrating through the vascular system, and penetrating organs.

The individual bars on a balcony railing can't be too far apart, which is meant to prevent a child's head from fitting through the spaces.

This type of coverage is meant to prevent the possibility that a motorist will have to pay for medical expenses and property damage to his vehicle as a result of the accident with the underinsured at - fault motorist.

He said this verification was meant to prevent foreign interference in elections, like the ads and posts from so - called Russian trolls before and after the 2016 presidential election.

The move was meant to prevent unexpected shutdowns, an issue that affected a significant number of iPhones in the fall of 2016.

This feature is meant to prevent a thief from stealing your watch, factory resetting it, and reselling it, but Samsung has not worked out the kinks.

Additional features include Pocket Mode, which is meant to prevent the screen from turning on in your pocket, though I haven't had much success with it.

Twitter's prohibition could start in two weeks and is meant to prevent token sales, initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency wallets advertisement.