Example sentences of "[adv] prevented [pron] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chances are that this shyness would have naturally prevented him from attaining such a high profile … but Morrissey slipped through the net and the consequences could be devastating . |
| 2 | A Constituent Assembly was elected in May 1990 but the military authorities have effectively prevented it from convening . |
| 3 | While large firms have continued to increase their capital/labour ratios thus widening the productivity gap with smaller firms , this has certainly not prevented them from persuading their suppliers to improve the quality of their equipment . |
| 4 | Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family and being successful in my work . |
| 5 | ’ Melissa was about to point out that Angy 's tender heart had not prevented her from flaunting Rick 's ring as if it were her own , nor had she intervened to protect Barney from hurt , but she merely said , ‘ It was enough to make anyone angry . ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the Commission 's disquiet has not prevented it from agreeing the designation . |
| 7 | What has so far prevented them from becoming assimilated to each other is not only the fact that in the field of psychotherapy , differing theories do not readily and happily intermix , but that each theory tends to take sides ( without this necessarily being apparent ) in the eternal dialogue between youth and age . |
| 8 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 9 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 10 | The installer had come highly recommended , but that had n't prevented him from installing our boiler without one ! |
| 11 | I have been a personal friend for many years , but that has never prevented him from criticising my colleagues and myself whenever he felt it necessary to do so . |
| 12 | On the other hand , similar statements of mine have never prevented you from writing back in the past . |
| 13 | This was the 316th year of the society , but events such as wars with Napoleon , ‘ Kaiser Bill ’ and Hitler have occasionally prevented it from taking place . |