Example sentences of "us from [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , then , is the first stage of reacting to loss : denial — shock that something bad has happened — is our psyche 's way of defending us from experiencing too great a sense of harm too quickly . |
| 2 | Knowing where to look can be a danger if it completely stops us from looking elsewhere as well . |
| 3 | The nineties have yet to prove themselves a kinder and gentler decade , but that should not stop us from looking forward again . |
| 4 | It is the emotional and dynamic tug of a story which must prevent us from reading in too literal a spirit . |
| 5 | Pride holds onto the past and so prevents us from moving forward and achieving more with our lives . |
| 6 | Er the very fact that we 're at our desks er for more than seventy percent of our time filling these forms in er prevents us from moving on to the next prisoner and going out and arresting more people for crime . |
| 7 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 8 | Encouraging us to exist on the brink of starvation is one way of stopping us from getting too liberated . |
| 9 | Some of these considerations are sometimes valid , and must be taken into account , but surely they should not excuse us from seeking out such evidence as does exist in relation to the period and style we are performing ? |
| 10 | ‘ The DoT has not given us definite promises and has discouraged us from expecting too much . |
| 11 | it is difficult to measure precisely the influence of factors by isolating them in experiments and , even if we could , there may be ethical problems which prevent us from doing so |
| 12 | However , booksellers are not able to do more because publishers are preventing us from doing so . |
| 13 | We trained hard as well but the snow stopped us from doing too much off-road riding . |
| 14 | This forces upon us a breadth of interest and concern which readily prevents us from becoming too absorbed in the affairs of our own small island . |
| 15 | But our deepest fears should be reserved for everything that keeps us from becoming more human , more personal , or more spiritual . |
| 16 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |