Example sentences of "[adj] prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This prevented him from taking part in yesterday 's pre-qualifying after he had waiting 10 years for the chance of an F1 drive . |
| 2 | This prevented him from continuing his work . |
| 3 | I thread the yarns through these before they go up through the yarn guides on the mast and this prevents them from tangling together at the back of the table . |
| 4 | This prevents her from becoming pregnant but does not interfere with her love-life . |
| 5 | This prevents him from supplying sperm to fertilize his females , but again it does nothing else . |
| 6 | This prevents us from supposing that the conditional in question , to speak in the ontologically extravagant way , comes to this : in the possible world where it is raining , but everything else is the same as in this world save that the balcony is wet , the balcony is indeed wet . |
| 7 | His experience had led him to become a teacher at training sessions , but that prevented him from putting into practice his own form of calculated waging of war . |
| 8 | Firstly , cats need an amino-acid called taurine to prevent them from going blind . |
| 9 | It cancelled the advertisement wherever it could but was too late to prevent it from appearing in some national newspapers . |
| 10 | This buys them an extra round while Thadeus hesitates , in which time they must come up with something more to prevent him from attacking after this initial hesitation . |
| 11 | He had n't been able to prevent himself from catching her when she fell , and now the feel of her , cradled helplessly against his chest , sent shafts of agony through him . |
| 12 | NOTE Osteoporosis can not be cured once it is present , but younger women from the time of the menopause may be able to prevent it from developing through hormone replacement therapy . |
| 13 | She had n't been able to prevent herself from burying her face in the soft wool — and almost groaning out loud in agony as she 'd inhaled the strongly male , musky scent of his cologne . |
| 14 | She pleaded with Andrew to curtail their power , but her easy-going husband was unable to prevent them from stabbing his wife in the back . |
| 15 | It may be that I find a situation hard to manage because I am apparently unable to prevent myself from reacting with paralysing anger when spoken to in this way . |
| 16 | With her soaked blonde hair plastered in a rather mermaid-like curtain around her face and shoulders , and the wet black denim clinging tightly to her legs , she stared back , shivering in spite of the warm June night , unnerved by the piercing appraisal , but unable to prevent herself from returning the curiosity … |
| 17 | She seemed unable to prevent herself from going over in her mind every single minute of the days they had spent together in America . |
| 18 | Apparently indisposition had , in March 1748 prevented him from working on a plan for winter shelter of orange trees . |
| 19 | It is important to eat enough to prevent you from feeling hungry between meals . |
| 20 | The mention of Devenish should unsettle the man , but it was vital to prevent him from thinking too hard . |
| 21 | The then Minister for Home Affairs , Buta Singh , defended the extension against protests from opposition members saying that it was necessary to proceed with the panchayat ( local council ) system as a prelude to assembly elections in the state , and that the continued detention of some Sikh leaders was necessary to prevent them from causing further trouble in the region . |
| 22 | Cleaning tools and equipment : may be disinfected if it is necessary to prevent them from becoming vehicles of contamination . |
| 23 | It was in good condition , its shape and window arrangement made the formation of a central light-well unnecessary , and the city council were keen to prevent it from falling into long-term disuse . |
| 24 | Then , ‘ Instead of struggling in vain to prevent them from reaching my consciousness , I stepped back , as it were , and let thoughts and feelings come and go . |
| 25 | But only stubborn pride and the knowledge that Giles 's monstrous accusations were totally unfounded prevented her from fleeing to the Ladies ’ . |
| 26 | But though everyone acts for himself , his knowledge of what others are doing is supposed to be generally sufficient to prevent him from taking a lower or paying a higher price than others are doing . |