How To Use Intervene In A Sentence

Still, for the medium term, either the government needs to scutinize refinery activity much more closely, adopt new regulatory authority and aggressively enforce antitrust laws, or it must intervene to deconcentrate the market. Robert Weissman: What To Do About the Price of Oil
And second, it's probably not good to intervene in the internal affairs of a nation that is looking for a worthy path of development.
The legislation could have given a right of appeal to the objectors in the same way as it is given to applicants but this it has not done and they are dependent on the limited powers of this court to intervene by way of judicial review.
What the UN and the West are doing is the colonial thing of merely resorting to bully-boy tactics, Neither would attempt to pass judgement let alone threaten to intervene using military force, in any election held in the Russian Federation or attempt to invade China because it does not have democractic government. Ivory Coast's descent into madness
They are also calling for powers to allow authorities to intervene to protect young people who are at risk from drugs.

They reduce the frequency and intensity with which the authorities must intervene as lenders of last resort to avert systemic crises.
It is not easy for third parties to intervene in bilateral contentious litigation.
The chairman felt that it was his place to intervene in the disagreement between two of his committee members.
When young people cause disturbances in public how often do us adults intervene? Times, Sunday Times
We understand that the Navy is not expected to intervene but will not allow that lifeboat to leave with that hostage to go back to what's called a mothership if you will. CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009
By precedent, the Senate could make such quorum calls dilatory at any time, if no substantive business had intervened since a quorum had been previously established. www): The Volokh Conspiracy
They were planning to get married and then the war intervened.
Mr. Clarke I hesitate to intervene again, as the hon. Gentleman is getting near to the time left for my contribution.
Thus, they intervened, not to control and enslave others but to enlighten , instruct, and liberate.
He secretly hoped that fate would intervene and save him having to meet her.
Harrison could well have finished it but the bell intervened to his opponent's relief.
The Israeli government is so concerned that America's adversaries may miscalculate U.S. intentions that it is privately urging Washington to make it clear that the U.S. would intervene in Saudi Arabia should the survival of that government be threatened. The Arab Spring and U.S. Policy: The View From Jerusalem
Having intervened the minister attorned to the jurisdiction of the court.
At Tuesday night's regular PUSD board meeting, former CCCS board president Melissa Dewell addressed the district trustees, asking them to intervene in what she calls the ruin of what CCCS parents worked hard to build. Paradise Post Most Viewed
And no one intervened as they negotiated the next corridor, which doglegged off the first. Death in Winter
Surely humans have the ability to intervene in any number of moral and ethical issues purely by virtue of their sentience?
She has shown her willingness to intervene by announcing an overhaul of the complex rail ticketing system. Times, Sunday Times
But people appear increasingly reluctant to intervene in public places.
Last week, the Mexican peso touched an all-time low versus the dollar, prompting the government to intervene in the foreign-exchange market.
The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
And often Zola had to intervene quite heavily in his own novels to pull his determinist theories off. Zola and Naturalism « Tales from the Reading Room
Less controversial examples could be cited in justification of the right to intervene.
At every crucial phase in this nation's history from 1906 to 1950 Sri Aurobindo intervened & gave advice & direction for decisive action which if followed would have been benificial for the nation, a number of examples come to mind namely Cripps proposal, opposing the award of communal electorate at Lucknow in 1916, Cabinet Mission Plan etc. Savitri Era party is a necessity which must begin to effectively give an alternative direction
When young people cause disturbances in public how often do us adults intervene? Times, Sunday Times
I do not see what they can do better, and unless some pickthank intervene to insinuate certain irritating suspicions, I suppose Lord M. will make no objection. The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
The fleet rendered Britain invulnerable to direct attack, while its wealth allowed it to intervene on the continent even though Britain did not possess a large army.
Italy intervened on the side of Franco, while the French government followed a policy of non-intervention.
Two decades intervened between the completion of the design and the opening of the theatre.
If decisions are taken which are inconsistent with or disregard those terms the courts can intervene and require the decisions to be taken again in very much the same way as they intervene on judicial review.
In our scheme of things it matters not, or it is of no import, whether the people intervene by accident of fate or by way of contrivance.
The commission intervened and commanded that work on the building cease.
While the violence raged the rescue teams were making preparations to intervene. Times, Sunday Times
The spillcam, which BP made public only after the White House intervened, was the visual through-line of a media drama that fascinated and frightened the country for an entire summer, and enveloped many of us in its gravitational-like pull. Sean Smith: Ink Spill: Inside the Battle to Shape the News Coverage of Last Year's Oil Gusher
Four Life Guards intervened when a Frenchman was assaulted by a mob believing that he, too, had intentionally fired a house. Exit the Actress
The chairman felt that it was his place to intervene in the disagreement between two of his committee members.
Then there was an ugly confrontation between members of the battalion's Alpha and Charlie batteries -- the term artillery units use instead of "companies" -- that threatened to turn into a brawl involving three dozen soldiers, and required the base police to intervene. Archive 2004-09-01
Fears about the corrupting influence of commerce have led governments to intervene, but seldom with much effect. Times, Sunday Times
Scarborough councillors had been recommended to rule on the scheme before local elections intervened.
Neither the successful actors nor the state intervene to protect those who fail to capture many resources.
Armed with a hard-won scholarship, he trained as a schoolteacher, and might have remained one if illness and death had not intervened.
But, star-crossed lovers as we are, fate has cruelly intervened and given us tickets for different days.
Days after the agency charged with immigration enforcement admits it can't-or won't-get the job done, the Obama Administration sued Arizona for passing a law that "unconstitutionally" intervenes with the government's authority to do it. Default Site Weblog
While childbirth was acknowledged as potentially dangerous to both mother and child, birthing was viewed as a natural process, and midwives intervened as little as possible.
Mrs. E., the only gori present, intervened in her usual quiet, efficient way.
Its most significant application is likely to be through direct use of the technology to intervene in genetic defects in humans. Times, Sunday Times
Myself and friend intervened and managed to free the man from these gougers.
He also allegedly hit a Conservative councillor and two young researchers who tried to intervene. Times, Sunday Times
A passer-by intervened and the star was hit in the face and kicked in the groin before bouncers from a club split up the fight. The Sun
When young people cause disturbances in public how often do us adults intervene? Times, Sunday Times
The situation calmed down when police intervened.
The army thus far did not want to intervene and some of its leaders began to split and began to distance themselves from the regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh and that will open the door towards other forms of disentanglement with the regime and distancing the military leadership from the regime," he said. Sharp Divisions Cloud Yemen's Political Future
Let's face it, the holder of a card with Wells IS NOT periodically resurveyed as a credit as long as delinquency does not intervene.
If you could intervene with some sort of miracle that would limit her to wee-weeing only two to three times per day instead of fifteen, it would really help me out a lot.
“But the fact is that most religious people do think that in some way, their god or gods intervene at some level in the universe, and it is precisely that kind of wooly thinking that we should not have to be quiet about.” My Favorite Holiday Treat? Richard Dawkins
However the ITC does not have a statutory locus to intervene in editorial judgments of this nature.
Fears about the corrupting influence of commerce have led governments to intervene, but seldom with much effect. Times, Sunday Times
Martin looked at me, pretending to be highly affronted, but the other cashier chose this moment to intervene.
Although Patricia understands why the CPS caseworkers intervened in the family violence she and her children experienced, she and the state had very different ideas on how to improve the situation.
If none is reached in 90 days, either party may ask FMCS to intervene. Obama's War on Labor
They would not intervene against the rebels themselves.
Constitution makes clear that the court may only inspect such articles according to their form and not their content, while others say the court has the authority to intervene if an article contradicts the Constitution's first three "unalterable" articles. Hurriyet Dailynews
When the price of mealies went through the roof the government intervened and subsided it. The Star (South Africa)
It said a group quickly gathered to block the vehicle, and military escorts present did little to intervene.
He remembers how the Rapid Action Force intervened in time to scatter the mob and help him live to tell the tale.
The part of the dorsal mesogastrium which intervened between the spleen and the greater curvature of the stomach forms the gastrosplenic ligament.
Davenant had, in fact, received a Royal patent in 1639 to build a new playhouse to perform plays and musical entertainments, but the Civil War intervened.
The American Depression worsened when banking panics swept undiversified and overextended rural banks and the Federal Reserve failed to intervene.
He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
A passer-by who saved a man from being savaged by his own dog and an off-duty policeman who intervened in a nightclub brawl were today honoured for their bravery.
They reportedly heard their mother arguing with the perpetrator and attempted to intervene, when he dealt several chops to the sisters.
A week intervenes between Christmas and New Year's Day.
The Central Bank intervened in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate.
Sheriffe intervened out of a misplaced sense of chivalry, said Mr Sharpe.
Thwaites ultimately managed to escape Germany, after his former boss on the Hamburg waterfront intervened on his behalf and he was able to buy himself freedom.
Wherever possible the pupil would intervene with his own thought, his own hands and his own will to learn.
That potential was just beginning to be realized as civil war intervened.
It is being argued that the gov't should intervene in the decision to save vs. consume because such decisions are being made by 'non-market' factors such as irrationalism, people with poor financial education, 'media perceptions' etc. Trade Deficit, Saving, and Tax Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
We don't normally intervene in abstruse economic debates, sticking modestly to matters of ethics, aesthetics, priorities and psychologies. Times, Sunday Times
At this point, Zack's Aunt mercifully intervened and took him inside to feed him some pasta and fudgsicles.
I don't know if you can understand this, but there were many times in my husband's life when circumstances intervened and helped him.
The police don't usually like to intervene in domestic disputes .
Many staff members lack up-to-date training in how to safely restrain or seclude a patient and how to intervene in a crisis situation. Two reports find progress, lingering problems at St. Elizabeths
The symmetry between the two markets breaks down because whenever the central bank intervenes, it is always in the bond market, never in the commodity market.
He reasoned that Eisenhower’s refusal to intervene against Goldwater had hardened into yet another of the many laws by which he lived his life: permanent and undeviating neutrality in all prenomination battles involving Republicans in order to preserve the effectiveness of his support in the general election. Going Home to Glory
I had to leave town, so I did, and then circumstances intervened and I wasn't able to attend high school elsewhere.
Athene intervenes to check his urge to kill Agamemnon on the spot, and he withdraws in a sulk from the fighting.
The second movement bestrode the narrow line between too-slow and just-slow-enough, and when the orchestra tuttis intervened I found myself longing for the return of that sheeny sound again.
They added that they couldn't intervene in response to "speculations as to hypothetical negative effects" of corruption, and that an administrative inquiry "would be superfluous" as the U.N. and Cambodian government were "seised of the situation. In the Cambodian Judges' Court
The city is an unending test, a constant barrage of decisions about how to interact or not, whether to intervene or not.
While the human behind the attacks intervenes to puzzle out what's wrong, the controller is alerting the IT department, and tracking down the attacker's location. Aruba strengthens Wi-Fi network software
It would be helpful if Obama issued a categorical statement that if elected, he would not intervene in Kenyan affairs. VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » More Obama Family Mania
When denial resulted in a patient's refusal to develop these skills, we had to intervene.
If he intervened to prevent her death, he would be branded a heretic.
The existence of more than one agency with power to intervene can lead to children falling through the net.
He called on United States President Bush to intervene on their behalf.
The federal government intervened in labor disputes to prevent deaths, not just to interfere.
The government have intervened to keep a lid on inflation.
The panelists, members of a national government advisory congress, intervened and heard the student out, according to one witness and accounts by others posted on the Internet.
Under Labour's bill, consideration of development plans would be suspended after local elections intervene, so incoming members would have time to consider the plan.
This unity enabled the Alliance to intervene into the discourse of municipal politics in a skilful and decisive manner.
For example, administrators track dropout rates from particular courses, and sometimes intervene when these rates increase.
Boy meets girl, falls in love but fate intervenes cruelly and compels them to part ways.
Stringer disagrees, however . " Evolution goes on all the time . You don't have to intervene.
Its most significant application is likely to be through direct use of the technology to intervene in genetic defects in humans. Times, Sunday Times
These new powers will give us the ability to intervene when there are signs of trouble and get rid of the troublemakers.
Cork County Council yesterday agreed to ask both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste to intervene.
I think we have a role as community leaders, and part of our remit is to intervene positively not just bang kids up. How “Police Performance” Fraud Works. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Government has been implored to intervene in the labour stand-off between the company and its workers following failure by management to pay gratuity to over 400 employees.
The government would not intervene in private-sector wage bargaining.
Last August one diner clubbed another with a baseball bat when the latter intervened in a dispute over a missing cheeseburger.
They had established their rule on the coast of Ceylon and had intervened with military force in dynastic disputes in Java, eventually making the island's rulers tributaries of the company.
But when the fervor of political passions moves the Executive and the Legislative branches to act in ways inimical to basic constitutional principles, it is the duty of the judiciary to intervene.
The Reserve Bank of India, which says foreign exchange rates should move in coordination with a country's economic fundamentals to keep tensions in global currency markets in check, traditionally intervenes only to smoothen excessive volatility as its foreign exchange management strategy. India Adviser: 'Rate Raise is Not Hurting Growth'
He intervened like an archangel. He must have flung himself into the midst of the battle, have stolen me away, have opened the sewer, have dragged me into it and have carried me through it!
If he keeps pestering you, talk to a school guidance counselor or other adult you trust to intervene.
The clergy also intervened in disputes through the provision of ecclesiastical sanctuary.
But these currencies have once again begun to depreciate against the dollar as the Japanese authorities intervened to weaken the yen.
Sometimes central banks intervene to smooth out price fluctuations.
Two Italians were sent off, punches were thrown and the police had to intervene three times. Times, Sunday Times
Some said the administration should intervene and cancel the event.
A user interface reportedly allows a developer to intervene at any stage in the translation.
The Wheel Spins Freely Sat in your leather armchair, you find yourself in the bay window of suburbia where sunshine casts friendly shadows as you turn the newspaper's brilliant page and only the hum of Sunday traffic seeping through the open window competes with the tick of the clock when the door explodes and your howling child throws himself before you and offers up the severed wheel from a favourite toy and demands through lime-green snot and salmon-pink eyes for you to intervene (as if you were some god whose powers extended to the very edges of knowing what living is like but by candlelight feared the devil in the mirror) and so you hold that severed wheel from a favourite toy and somewhere on the other side of the Universe you feel the numbed heart of a star collapse and die and you realise the swirl of the grain of the floorboards is the fingerprint of a WN.com - Articles related to '3 Idiots' triumphs at IIFA; Vidya, Kareena are best actresses
Zack was quiet, then at a good moment he intervened and politely excused us and took me on a quick tour of the house.
Two Italians were sent off, punches were thrown and the police had to intervene three times. Times, Sunday Times
And there is some hope that open-source projects such as Pango will allow programmers to intervene directly to solve the problems, at least partially, for the languages and orthographies that they care about.
The fundamental challenge, therefore, is to intervene as soon as an unexpected accident threatens in order to safeguard the driver, without at the same time "nannying" him in his attentive, independent conduct at the wheel. Autoblog
This will mean that not only do fewer houses get built, but people stuck in wells will be much worse off than if the government had never intervened in the first place.
Local people feel strongly about the proposed development but are virtually powerless to intervene.
The USA claimed that Latin America was its inviolable sphere of influence and claimed the right to intervene whenever American interests were threatened.
James centered the ball for Macauley to finish with a header, but Mariano intervened and prevented a goal.
For libertarians — who CONSTANTLY complain about government intervention — now to complain about government for failing to intervene is the very picture of chutzpah. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism
Spokesman Matthew Miller said the lawsuit is asking a federal court to intervene in ongoing military action and to direct the president on how to manage that action, all on behalf of a leader of a foreign terrorist group. White House: Cleric Lawsuit Would Reveal 'State Secrets'
Skepsey, journeying one late afternoon up a Kentish line, had, in both senses of the word, encountered a long-limbed navvy; an intoxicated, he was compelled by his manly modesty to desire to think; whose loathly talk, forced upon the hearing of a decent old woman opposite him, passed baboonish behaviour; so much so, that Skepsey civilly intervened; subsequently inviting him to leave the carriage and receive a lesson at the station they were nearing. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
Fears about the corrupting influence of commerce have led governments to intervene, but seldom with much effect. Times, Sunday Times
But they should intervene with fatwas or rulings when legislation arises that affects Islamic issues.
I've intervened in fights before, and chased a thief.
Other countries have no right to intervene," he said adding that some Western countries were trying hard to "uglify" China. ANC Daily News Briefing
He called on United States President Bush to intervene on their behalf.
They urged the federal government in Delhi to intervene. Times, Sunday Times
The Central Bank intervened in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate.
I should be interested to see whether an Opposition Front-Bench spokesman will intervene on this point.
The federal government is legally limited in its powers to intervene in the refugee determination process.
The Sierra Club and allied organizations have intervened in support of the Park Service.
I intervene in terms of Section 139 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 10 108 of 1996, as amended with immediate effect for three months, subject to reviewal.
The youth criminal justice system is expanding into areas that child welfare services would once have intervened in.
A spokesman for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister also denied the Government had intervened in the talks.
I don't know about the UN's legal rights, but surely there's a moral responsibility to intervene.
Radio Zambia Saturday quoted Kaunda as urging the South African government to intervene quickly to stop what he termed a deplorable human carnage. ANC Daily News Briefing
Isn't it time to intervene? Times, Sunday Times
When thousands of desperate applicants instead showed up, the scene quickly turned ugly and the police intervened.
Ever since World War II but even more since the unlamented Whitlam years, the national government has intervened more and more in what were considered to be State responsibilities.
It is not easy for third parties to intervene in bilateral contentious litigation.
Piaget was not an educator and never enunciated rules about how to intervene in such situations.
Yet in French the adverbial has to intervene between verb and object.
The State Department afterward intervened frequently on a diplomatic level.
During that time, Dong called on Ambassador Durbrow to intervene on his behalf.
But under section 78A of the Judiciary Act the Attorney-General intervenes upon behalf of the Commonwealth.
President Eisenhower was furious and the Soviets, meanwhile, threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt.
They forced police in riot gear and a number of mounted police officers to intervene.
They loved him even more when he digressed from his prepared speech to intervene in domestic British politics.
The South African mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
It was concerned about the scheme's viability and the cost of property acquisitions it was asked to intervene in.
The key assertion of this approach is that an intervener's effectiveness is a primary, and sometimes sufficient, determinant of its justifiability. David Isenberg: PSC and R2P in Libya
Again, however, did Donna Serafina intervene, recalling her wonted severity of voice: "Giacomo, you will please stay here. The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete
The tendon of the popliteus muscle intervenes between the lateral meniscus and the capsule. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
The army will have to intervene to prevent further fighting.
Moreover they know that if they become too flagrant in their suppression of opposition and commit atrocities, the United Nations stands ready to intervene to overthrow them.
Israel has intervened even more forcefully to weaken the shekel.
While in some situations you should intervene, most are best left to the individual in question to deal with. Times, Sunday Times
Should he have intervened, therefore preventing David's death, or did he do the right thing by just staying behind the rocks?
The existence of more than one agency with power to intervene can lead to children falling through the net.
The fundamental principle is that the courts will intervene to ensure that the powers of public decision-making bodies are exercised lawfully.
A drunken man assaulted two special constables when they intervened in a row in the town centre, Swindon magistrates heard.
The President intervened to head off the conflict.
I think President Bush intervened in good faith here to try to provide what he identified as a cooling-off period, and I think that by the time that that cooling-off period has expired, 45 days, this will be a memory rather than an issue. CNN Transcript May 29, 2006
Even if the vote is held, it is clear that Washington continues to arrogate to itself the ‘right’ that it has claimed since 1914 to intervene and depose any Haitian government that fails to do its bidding.
The President intervened personally in the crisis.
Admiral was forced to pull its new system after the web giant intervened. Times, Sunday Times
This self-styled superhero often spies kids getting into trouble but accepts he cannot intervene and show them the error of their ways.
And, with no dragons, monsters or trolls around to hunt, clearly something had to be done before the fickle finger of fate intervened.
There is increasing demand for the United Nations to intervene in trouble spots throughout the world.
What do you do if a child is crying or playing on a dangerous road: do you intervene or walk by in case anyone misinterprets your motives?
Convinced that he has delivered evidence of his employer's wife's infidelity, Harry tries to intervene by bugging the hotel room where he fears that she will be murdered.
While he was undertaking research for his doctorate political events intervened to interrupt his studies.
She was receiving £20 a week from him until the CSA intervened in 1993.
Then he withdrew the app with a view to refreshing it, but school and other business ventures intervened. Times, Sunday Times
He does not share the main tenet of ID, that God directly intervenes in the design of life. Blast From the Past
Similarly, when NATO forces intervened in Kosovo, many in the international community supported the action.
The postboy was driving briskly through the open streets, and past the handsome and well – lighted shops that intervene between the outskirts of the town and the Old Royal Hotel, before Mr. Pickwick had begun to consider the very difficult and delicate nature of the commission which had carried him thither. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career -- but the Armistice intervened! Secret Adversary
The application to intervene is consented to and, indeed, strongly supported by The National Post.
Man Dies Days After Swordfight That Killed Woman - Indiana News Story - WRTV Indianapolis: INDIANAPOLIS -- A man died Monday, days after he was involved in a swordfight with the grandson of a woman who was killed when she tried to intervene in the fight, police said. Archive 2009-04-12
When these men appear in leet records it is often to intervene in cases to persuade bailiffs to pardon offenders.
This was the third time in six months that the federal government had intervened in state politics to redress alleged fraud.
Unfortunately, I am unable to intervene on your behalf.

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