Example sentences of "prevent [pron] [prep] [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marx claimed that bureaucrats typically lacked initiative and imagination , though this did not prevent them from trying to expand their powers and privileges . |
| 2 | The firm should keep the matter under regular review and be alert to the possibility of a breach in the wall ( accidental or otherwise ) or to other circumstances arising which would prevent them from continuing to act : in which events the client must be informed immediately . |
| 3 | Such was the Doctor 's rage , so accustomed was Louise to obedience , that she could not prevent herself from hurrying to execute his orders . |
| 4 | This will prevent it from getting caught up . |
| 5 | It does prevent us from daring to say that a subject becomes part of education because you teach it in a school , or at a CAT or in a university . |