Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] prevent them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both men pulled on the cowl hoods to prevent them seeing their abductors . |
| 2 | They were said to have been forcibly dressed in the prison uniform and held for at least 17 days with their arms chained to the cell bars to prevent them from removing the uniform . |
| 3 | Many Italian banks are still hopelessly overstaffed and strict Italian labour laws prevent them from curing this handicap quickly . |
| 4 | Because we are outraged by the conflict in Yugoslavia today , we should be ready for similar things to happen elsewhere in Europe unless we ensure that we set in place institutions to prevent them . |
| 5 | He conceded that users ' huge investments in mainframe applications prevented them from moving to smaller systems . |
| 6 | The lights fixed to the roof rack came on , but paper cones prevented them from being visible from the shore line . |
| 7 | Injunctions were issued against The Observer and The Guardian newspapers to prevent them from publishing extracts from Peter Wright 's book and the Court of Appeal , overruling the judge at first instance , held that although publication by The Independent newspaper and others could not be a breach of those injunctions nevertheless , since they knew of their issue , they could be guilty of contempt of court if their publication interfered with the course of justice . |
| 8 | Midland also admitted failing to supervise the fund managers to prevent them concentrating their stock holdings too narrowly and that it failed to maintain a register of the holders of six of the trusts or the amount of their holdings . |
| 9 | Also in this group are ‘ safe to work ’ systems which physically lock out mechanical parts or electrical power supplies preventing them being inadvertently used while cleaning is in progress . |