Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] prevent [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has not prevented them exercising a great influence on our cultural development . |
| 2 | I must remind you that in Europe that marvellous place with the social contract , has n't prevented everyone paying tax on on fuel . |
| 3 | Marianne Farningham became a member of the Northampton School Board in the mid-1880s , but she declined to canvass or address meetings , preferring to send a printed letter round to electors , though this ladylike course of action did not prevent her heading the poll . |
| 4 | But that did not prevent him seeing the possible significance of what she had told him . |
| 5 | This did not prevent him falling off his chair and being sick on the Japanese premier at a state dinner in Japan earlier this year , an embarrassing incident captured by the TV cameras . |
| 6 | Methven was later to create an embarrassing scandal among the godly , when he was publicly deposed for adultery in 1562 — a sin which did not prevent him finding a niche among the ministry of the Church of England — but in 1558 he was a major asset to the Protestants , preaching not only in Dundee but , during the summer months , in other parts of Angus and in Fife . |
| 7 | This did not prevent him joining the revolt of Henry , third Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , against the corrupt government of Queen Isabella [ q.v. ] and Roger Mortimer , first Earl of March [ q.v. ] , in 1328 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Whatever I thought did n't prevent him maintaining a huge Spanish style mansion in several acres of ground . |
| 10 | Leo was standing at the drinks cabinet in the corner , his back to her , yet it did n't prevent his knowing instantly who it was . |
| 11 | The attack was based on a number of strands of evidence , including the fact that activation of the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system was too diffuse to underpin the range of subtle emotional experiences of which we are capable , and the observation that severing the spinal cord in dogs does not prevent them displaying facial signs of emotion when provoked in an appropriate way . |
| 12 | Though typically economists look at the way in which human beings create and distribute goods and services , often with an eye on issues to do with efficiency according to some rational criteria , this does not prevent them using economic theories to examine , for example , educational provision , the supply of blood donors , voting choice , to name but a few . |
| 13 | If an employer does not prevent them availing themselves of the opportunity to learn business secrets how can he later seek to restrain an employee from using the same information . |
| 14 | This idiosyncratic view of local democracy does not prevent her finishing the board with a pass , and the recommendation to Central Office that she ‘ would make the perfect candidate for a safe Labour seat in the Northeast . ’ |
| 15 | But make sure the sheeting is easily detachable so that it does not prevent you getting through the window in case of fire . |
| 16 | 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 . |