Example sentences of "prevented [pers pn] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 2 | ( Although failure is relative : the welfare services may have contained inequalities and prevented them from getting worse . ) |
| 3 | So , too , could Motherwell if they continue to create what manager Tommy McLean described as ‘ pretty patterns ’ but lack the finishing touch which prevented them from taking full points from this entertaining encounter at Fir Park . |
| 4 | Several physiotherapists mentioned that the active nature of the job benefited them physically and a number of people with sensory impairments believed that the nature of the work prevented them from becoming isolated . |
| 5 | The new tariff also made payment of war debts by European countries to the USA more difficult since it prevented them from selling more goods to America than they bought from the new world . |
| 6 | The social workers were bound by rules of confidentiality and legal requirements which prevented them from revealing any relevant information . |
| 7 | I thought them extraordinary Performances for a Girl of her Age , and one that had so little Advantage ( or rather none at all ) either from Books or Conversation : But my bad State of Health prevented me from making any further Enquiry concerning this young Genius , till about fourteen Months before her Death , when I was first inform 'd she had wrote a Tragedy . |
| 8 | My next bout of health problems prevented me from continuing this search , and I was forced to wait for the weather to become a little sunnier before taking the risk of venturing out . |
| 9 | Known as ‘ Fizzer ’ to his colleagues and our fans , Phil played in every game of Palace 's promotion season of 1988–89 and only an injury , sustained on his 1st Division debut at Queens Park Rangers , prevented him from completing full appearances in 1989–90 , although he was an ever-present member of the team that reached the 1990 FA Cup Final and so nearly seized the famous trophy . |
| 10 | The man 's Jacobitism clearly prevented him from securing any alternative office , and the division of the collectorship had to be resurrected . |
| 11 | He won 52 caps for Scotland but there is no doubt that a mixture of club commitments and the carry-on in Copenhagen prevented him from winning many more caps . |
| 12 | Lewis 's Allegory of Love ( 1936 ) , the book that made him known , was almost all written while he was still an atheist ; and his Christian polemics , which began as war-time broadcasts , never prevented him from winning secular admirers . |
| 13 | In the event , Tyndale 's unorthodox beliefs and his lack of support for the annulment prevented him from having any direct impact on royal policy . |
| 14 | The ‘ Glorious Revolution ’ prevented him from confirming this appointment , but it was confirmed by William of Orange . |
| 15 | The conventions prevented her from heaping any further abuse on Chay Bank , a housing project which she had frequently and loudly denounced , but near which she had never set foot : the precariousness of her own social position would forever prevent her from visiting Fred Bowen , and this yearly ritual meeting on neutral ground was as much as she would ever dare risk . |
| 16 | The Friendship , Co-operation and Mutual Assistance Treaty , first signed in 1948 [ see p. 9228 ] , bound Finland to a military defence pact and prevented it from joining any international organization whose members posed a military threat to the Soviet Union — a definition which had been taken to include the EC . |
| 17 | From my point of view , we had originally hoped to progress this proposal just over a year ago when spare money became available , but unfortunately , the bureaucratic process and conservatism of the people involved prevented us from doing this in time . |