But they could not act quickly enough to prevent hardship for both industry and the environment.

Under these circumstances, the President decided he must act to prevent further violence.

No matter that I must act thus to prevent my father's suffering.

"Now we need to act quickly to prevent the same thing from happening to us."

They act to late to prevent the systems from going down or malfunctioning.

I hope we can act quickly enough to prevent further loss of life.

In any event, there may not be enough time for the board to act to prevent a strike.

Central banks in all countries act to prevent "systemic risk."

Both acting to prevent conflict and crisis management itself have become more important than ever for the Union.

I think that we should act together to prevent these problems in future.