Synonym: infringement, interference, intrusion. Similar words: invention, convention, prevention, conventional, interaction, international, interpretation, a bone of contention. Meaning: [‚ɪntə(r)'venʃn] n. 1. the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute) 2. a policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries 3. (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings.
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91. Short of a hostile military intervention in Kosovo, there are other ways of bringing outside power to bear.
92. In perhaps their most forceful intervention yet in Hong Kong, Mr Tung's wish was countermanded.
93. Greater emphasis would be needed, as Watkinson proposed, on military intervention capability rather than on the existing network of colonial garrisons.
94. Government intervention, usually involving the direct buying or selling of domestic and foreign currencies by central banks.
95. Such an intervention could help break the current deadlock between Livingstone and the Government, which is heading for the courts.
96. It was then argued that this provides the basis for preventive or corrective intervention in the form of competition policy.
97. These consequences have to be faced because the governments of the West were understandably fearful about the cost of a military intervention.
98. But many other researchers have concluded that legal intervention is of extremely limited value in truancy cases.
99. In October the index fell below 20,000 points, leading to government intervention to support the market.
100. Intervention arises from attempts to restore the authority of the state and secure the compliance of other agencies and interests.
101. He was eventually paroled in 1977, after intervention on his behalf by the National Council of Churches.
102. In some cases it has led to violent confrontations requiring police intervention.
103. The action taken in London had an immediate affect elsewhere as ambulance crews began to protest at the Government's intervention.
104. In order to be effective, the level of intervention to regulate corporate crime has to be organizational rather than individual.
105. The prospect of genetic intervention is much more appealing as it gets to the core of the problem.
106. I understand the problems, but an armed intervention force would give everyone the opportunity to seek a political solution.
107. At stake was a fundamental challenge to the soccer bodies' authority to administer the sport without intervention from civil courts.
108. There was a brief account of professional intervention to date.
109. Rush and others said early intervention to keep kids out of gangs is just as important as locking up youthful offenders.
110. Colin Powell, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,[http://sentencedict.com/intervention.html] who argued against military intervention there.
111. When he is subordinate to both of them then a partnership with either animal may be established as an aid to intervention.
112. One intervention causes the next one to be needed and eventually leads to a cascade of interventions of increasing seriousness.
113. Beveridge believed that unemployment could be cured by state intervention.
114. The question whether one had a naval involvement or access to the intervention fund was very critical indeed.
115. The guaranteed absence of external intervention left the regime a free hand to continue its repressive domestic policies.
116. Peter Green describes his intervention in one recent matter of urgent public controversy.
117. Researchers have argued consistently that a coherent approach is needed to finding the type of intervention which works best for which children.
118. There have been many recent changes in government intervention programmes causing damaging uncertainty.
119. Throughout the whole of competition policy there is a presumption that intervention is justified in order to preserve the public interest.
120. It might also start by attempts to prevent the transportation of strikebreakers or goods, and a clash would follow police intervention.
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