Example sentences of "prevent [pron] [prep] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a painting tutor , I was conscious that complete beginners may be a little overwhelmed by the sophistication of the written material — some of the thought and painting processes are quite advanced — but this should not prevent them from thoroughly enjoying this unique opportunity to ‘ look over the shoulder ’ of the experts . |
| 2 | It may predispose the interviewer to accept you if nothing untoward is revealed at the interview , or it may prevent you from ever reaching that stage . |
| 3 | Likewise on glaciers , tight ropes should prevent anybody from ever dropping much more than waist deep into a hidden crevasse — a position from which the victim can usually be dragged out . |
| 4 | Alice could hardly prevent herself from openly exulting . |
| 5 | If you take that kind of view , then of course Russell 's persistent emotionality and his characterization of the world in these personal terms is a failure , erm something that he was never able to overcome , something for all his passionate moral convictions prevented him from really seeing himself at one with other people . |
| 6 | Mr Reynolds was also shown the ward day-room and introduced to other patients to help him settle down , but his anxiety about his condition prevented him from really relaxing . |
| 7 | And to think that once she had accused him of having a shard of ice in his heart — some wound from previous love affairs that prevented him from ever revealing his real feelings to any woman . |
| 8 | There was a core of hardness to him that prevented him from ever responding to her . |
| 9 | His personal appreciation of Adam 's help , however , did not prevent him from strongly criticizing his cynical principle of teaching , by which ( according to John ) he cultivated an unnecessarily complicated approach to dialectic in order to enhance his own reputation ; and John took care to stress that Adam was not his teacher . |
| 10 | E.g. A lorry driver may sustain an injury which will prevent him from ever driving a lorry again . |
| 11 | What they did not know was Kylie 's principles now prevented her from even touching them . |
| 12 | Yet its quasi-mystical elements prevent it from fully using its potential . |
| 13 | In part the practical difficulty of withholding tax most of which is deducted at source has prevented it from ever assuming large-scale proportions , while the fact that opposition has in the past tended to focus on specific wars , of which the Vietnam war was the most prominent recent example , ensured that it was usually a relatively transient phenomenon . |
| 14 | Its opposition to the Communist Party , in particular , prevented it from even attempting to mount a mass political campaign in favour of the Republican government . |
| 15 | Something behind it prevented it from fully opening and a dark , viscous substance that in the subdued light looked like a patch of oil was spreading from an invisible source and had begun soaking into the carpet . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , limitations in traditional methods of studying roots have prevented us from thoroughly understanding the dynamic nature of fine root mortality in most forests , and better measurements of fine root longevity are needed to quantify and model more accurately ecosystem carbon and nutrient budgets . |
| 17 | ‘ Hateley is also the type you want to have on your side when you play away from home in Europe because of the way he works opposing defenders as an attacker and prevents them from properly clearing their lines as well . ’ |
| 18 | The amount paid depends on the disability the Plan features a wide range of payments , from £80,000 if your disability prevents you from ever working again , to £8,000 for the loss of a forefinger . |
| 19 | Unlike a person whose actual reading betrays his powers of concentration , Mrs Varden 's pretended reading prevents her from actually reading , because in order to monitor and enjoy its communicative effect it would be impossible for Mrs Varden to accomplish the deed of reading in earnest . |
| 20 | ( 1 ) To restrain the Provisional IRA by a mobile army presence and to prevent them from completely taking over republican districts through the absence of uniformed soldiers and police . |
| 21 | The recall instructions were specifically designed to make it difficult for subjects to use previous knowledge in the task and attempts were made to prevent them from mentally retracing the route , a strategy which several of them would otherwise have adopted . |
| 22 | I immediately saw an increase in the size of my mushroom polyps compared to their pre-crisis dimensions ; obviously the low concentration of phosphate in my water ( which is otherwise good , with zero nitrate ) had been preventing them from fully expanding . |
| 23 | In other words , they demand that he give a lead ; meanwhile , however , countless obstacles are placed in his path to prevent him from actually exercising leadership . |
| 24 | The transmitter is broken down enzymically , to prevent it from continuously initiating action potentials . |