Example sentences of "prevent [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PROMOTER Frank Warren yesterday warned rivals Colin McMillan and Paul Hodkinson that greed could prevent them meeting in a world title clash . |
| 2 | The Iraqi complaint included full details about almost all the items stolen from its museums in the hope that this would prevent them falling into private hands or being auctioned , but according to the Director of the Iraqi Museum , Sabah Jasim , this effort met with failure . |
| 3 | Very weakly but it is sufficient to pr prevent them pairing with calcium ions to form precipitate . |
| 4 | It was also close to the end of the shift and this legal reduction prevented them having to ‘ go over ’ , as well as getting them out of considerable paperwork later , and road traffic accidents are particularly disliked because of the amount of paperwork they involve . |
| 5 | Their main concern was that independent arbitration would drag out negotiations and prevent them complying with the MMC proposals to free pubs from the tie by the deadline of November 1992 . |
| 6 | The verses seem to be saying that the disciples understand because they have been given the secrets of the mystery of the kingdom but everybody else is taught in parables so that it will confuse them and prevent them coming into the kingdom . |
| 7 | ‘ We must destroy the hole and prevent them returning to our universe , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 8 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 9 | There are anti-avoidance provisions which prevent you gaining from cunning manoeuvres such as arranging for different companies within your employer 's group each to contribute a share of the total pay-out ; if this is done , all the sums will be aggregated . |
| 10 | But make sure the sheeting is easily detachable so that it does not prevent you getting through the window in case of fire . |
| 11 | It was terribly important that I should beat him , and I struggled desperately against the invisible forces that always prevent one running in dreams . |
| 12 | His absence had n't prevented her thinking about him , but perhaps she had allowed herself to believe that it would continue indefinitely , hence her shock at seeing him now and the panicky sensation of a shadow falling over her once more , its darkness an almost tangible threat . |
| 13 | Her employers , the Northern regional health authority , want to prevent her returning there , to end her secondment as a neo-natologist in Newcastle-upon-Tyne , and for the foreseeable future prevent her working in child abuse . |
| 14 | Dropping the bedding in her arms she held on to him and probably prevented him falling from the narrow landing down the stairway . |
| 15 | This did not prevent him paying for the installation of a swimming pool to amuse his children who roamed around their new domain during the holidays . |
| 16 | She could feel a coolness on her brow , and would have reached up her fingers to find out what was there , but that she was possessed by a lassitude that prevented her moving at all . |
| 17 | It has been argued that these divisions within the working class are unreconcilable and prevent it acting as a strong , united , radical force . |
| 18 | However , the controversy obscured the clear military fact that Operation ‘ Apache Snow ’ was not intended to hold territory , but rather to keep the NVA occupied and thereby prevent it moving into the coastal provinces . |
| 19 | As well as saving the animals from dying of thirst , the relocation is also intended to take some of the pressure off the park 's vegetation , and so prevent it turning into desert . |
| 20 | Experts say it 's vital they prevent it happening in the future . |
| 21 | He said that , besides reducing the tower 's elasticity — which may have prevented it crashing before now — the weight of the steel and lead could lead to disaster by causing the soggy ground to give way . |
| 22 | The central position of the brake section prevented anyone moving along the train without being noticed , the guard agreed to this point . |
| 23 | The snow was wet and heavy which prevented anyone trapped from breathing or struggling free . |
| 24 | This wo n't significantly affect the water flow , but should prevent it sticking in the future . |
| 25 | Fit this through the hole drilled for the purpose using a strain relief bush — this will prevent it dislodging from ON/Off switch S3 in service . |
| 26 | Massage can help cramp and can prevent it spreading to other areas . |
| 27 | Broadcasting regulations prevent anyone appealing for money on a programme like that , but he sidestepped the rules very smartly . |
| 28 | The reason given by the king was the disturbed state of the kingdom which prevented his attending to ecclesiastical business . |
| 29 | But he also had a genuine vocation for healing — a vocation which he was unable to satisfy because his poor background prevented his going to medical college . ’ |
| 30 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |