Example sentences of "[adv] preventing [pron] [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | this is a restriction on the debtor personally preventing him from disposing of or dealing in any property owned by him . |
| 2 | They might have been intended to catch the blade of an opponent , thus preventing it from sliding past the hilt , and injuring the holder . ’ |
| 3 | For many individuals the experience is repeated several times a year , thereby constituting a serious infringement of their personal liberty , disrupting the lives of their families , often preventing them from complying with requirements for obtaining welfare benefits and effectively making them unemployable . |
| 4 | Millions of Nosema club together to mass-produce juvenile hormone in the beetle larva 's body , thereby preventing it from turning into an adult . |
| 5 | He argues that most of the world 's production of the gas could be pumped into the oceans , thereby preventing it from contributing to global warming . |