Example sentences of "[prep] prevent or [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason , research and education programmes must continue to identify ways of preventing or dealing with alcohol abuse . |
| 2 | ( 6 ) The purpose of the questions and the need for the interview , on this occasion , is to obtain information relevant to an investigation being carried out by the Office such information being necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to third parties . |
| 3 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |
| 4 | Liability extends to damage caused in the United Kingdom , the cost of any measures reasonably taken for the purpose of preventing or reducing such damage , or damage caused by any measures so taken . |
| 5 | Largely in the hope of preventing or deterring attempts at scaling , walls had traditionally been built high : thickness and solidity had been sacrificed to this need , for walls could not be both high and thick . |
| 6 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 7 | Section 2 authorizes warrants to be issued by the Home Secretary for the purposes of interception and provides that a warrant shall not be issued unless the Home Secretary considers that it is necessary : ( a ) in the interests of national security ; ( b ) for the purpose of preventing or detecting serious crime ; or ( c ) for the purpose of safeguarding the economic well-being of the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | Its object is concerned with inflation , with preventing or restraining a general fall in the value of money , as seen in a general rise in prices — however difficult it may be to attach a precise concept to a ‘ general rise ’ in prices . |
| 9 | Our data do not allow us determine whether HBIG is deneficial in preventing or ameliorating recurrent HBV . |
| 10 | But although the first ground for the granting of warrants is , as drafted , the most troubling , the second ( for preventing or detecting serious crime ) is also a cause for concern . |
| 11 | ( proper arrangements for preventing or reducing |