Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] from [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guillotine motion after 10 o'clock tonight will attempt to preclude sensible contributions , attempt to preclude people from dealing with the difficulties and technicalities in the Bill , and pose a real problem for those of us who believe that local government is not a political football to be kicked about at whim , but an essential part of our democracy for the provision of essential services . |
| 2 | Our neighbours , with whom we drank Metaxa and broke plates most evenings , thought they were trying to discourage tourists from venturing into the mountains because of the risk . |
| 3 | I remember the time when two sheepdogs were daily tethered at this bridge , one at each side , to deter sheep from wandering on the road from the open fell : a sort of canine cattle grid . |
| 4 | Peter 's attempt to stop Jesus from going to the cross was not his only mistake . |
| 5 | However , the ‘ great white hare ’ is most likely a ruse invented by long-ago Cornish pirates and smugglers who wanted to deter people from walking along the shore on a brightly moonlit night . |
| 6 | To stop splatter from spilling into the conversations of people using analogue phones , the digital frequencies require buffer zones of precious spectrum to separate them from analogue channels . |
| 7 | At Ludwigsburg Leopold suspected that his attempts to gain an audience with Karl Eugen , Duke of Wurtemberg were being thwarted by the intervention of Niccolò Jommelli ( court Kapellmeister at Stuttgart ) who was attempting to prevent Germans from appearing before the Duke . |
| 8 | He pulled the drapes back , and it helped a little — the mixed twilight and yellow sodium light would at least be enough to prevent Alison from falling over the bag in the middle of the floor . |
| 9 | to prevent liability from arising in the first place ( e.g. ‘ Seller gives no warranty as to fitness for purpose or merchantable quality ’ ) ; |
| 10 | The secret with this repair of course , is to improve the depth of the foundation first , to prevent settlement from recurring in the future . |
| 11 | No longer are puddled clay or gault pools constructed , when one used to have to line the excavation with soot to prevent earthworms from poking through the carefully laid finish . |
| 12 | Any oval space , providing it was well fenced to prevent animals from leaping into the spectators , would have served . |
| 13 | In July 1833 Russian and Turkish representatives signed the Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi , a defensive agreement under which St Petersburg promised to assist the Turks in times of crisis and Constantinople promised to prevent warships from passing through the Dardanelles . |
| 14 | Mr Foulkes is seeking Government safeguards to prevent Rayo from falling into the wrong hands . |
| 15 | In 1984 Kahane was elected to the Knesset as his party 's sole representative , but in October 1988 the Israeli Supreme Court upheld a decision taken by the central elections committee to ban Kach from competing in the forthcoming elections because of its " Nazi-like , un-democratic and racist " stance [ see p. 36947 ] . |
| 16 | However , if risk-neutral investors are not to be able to make profits from speculating on the stock market ( and assuming that the no-arbitrage condition also applies ) , it is required that E ( S T ) = F t = ( S t - D ) ( l + r ) , and so F t - S t = E ( S T ) - S t . |
| 17 | In addition , the move may be seen as partly defensive — in order to prevent Jaguar from falling into the hands of one of Ford 's competitors . |
| 18 | Many of the terms in the contract need comment ; a coomb is equivalent to four bushels ; ‘ to make bottoms of stacks ’ refers to the practice of building the stack off the ground on a low iron or wooden platform to prevent vermin from getting into the corn . |
| 19 | To the south-west , owners of beach holiday homes are trying to claim new beach thrown up by the latest sea defence scheme and to prevent non-owners from walking along the top of the beach . |
| 20 | Practical PC recently received a heart-rending letter from a reader and while it was already too late to help in her particular case it is worth going over her story to prevent others from falling into the same trap . |
| 21 | Cover the pan with a cloth — to prevent steam from condensing on the cover of the pan and falling back on the curd — and the lid , and leave it for two to four hours , until the curd is fairly firm . |
| 22 | Australian agriculture has swept aside many plants of the bush which used to prevent salt from sinking into the groundwater . |
| 23 | His work also had a strong visual appeal , but he managed to prevent aesthetics from getting in the way of his real intentions . |