Example sentences of "[pron] prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am entering my true life , the life I was prevented from leading — well , that I prevented myself from leading by my stupidity , my incredible folly . |
| 2 | The risk of having you talk to me is balanced by my preventing you from blundering or delaying . |
| 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 | The cots were suspended from hooks attached to the roof and further secured in position by chains and springs , known as grips , which prevented them from swinging . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , this doctrine has become especially important to those who feel as a matter of Marxist science that the proletariat ought by now to have enacted a revolutionary response to the crises which are seen as always present ; and their failure to do so is therefore commonly explained as an aspect of false consciousness , which prevented them from recognizing their proper historical duty . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Her approaches were unsuccessful since suspicion of her contacts with Jacobite circles might have endangered Georg Ludwig 's position as king of England ; and her children when grown up had political considerations of their own which prevented them from responding positively . |
| 8 | The social workers were bound by rules of confidentiality and legal requirements which prevented them from revealing any relevant information . |
| 9 | Lowe continued his career until 1871 when he fell victim to a pulmonary disease which prevented him from joining the services for the deaf at the new St. Saviour 's Church . |
| 10 | Born into a provincial Liberal family in 1858 , Hobson developed unorthodox views which prevented him from securing an academic career in his chosen field of economics . |
| 11 | In Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 758 the Court of Appeal held that a restraint on a medical assistant to a partnership which prevented him from practising " in any department of medicine , surgery or midwifery ( or accepting ) any professional appointment " was unreasonable because it covered , inter alia , practice as a consultant or medical officer of health . |
| 12 | What was worrying him more , he said , was the language barrier which prevented him from linking up with his Japanese teammates . |
| 13 | Was n't it plain , common or garden cowardice , not the sturdy self-righteousness I 'd credited myself with , which prevented me from ending the whole business ? |
| 14 | I remember , after one lesson , having a sensation of a collar being around my neck which prevented me from turning my head ( similar to the kind people have to wear after painful neck injuries ) . |
| 15 | Rage at a fate which prevented her from screaming and railing at him for so misjudging her , rage at him for playing this cat-and-mouse game with her , rage at herself for letting him get away with it . |
| 16 | She sustained an injury to her hip which prevented her from caring for her husband when he was at home . |
| 17 | So the rise in product wages was both the clearest expression of tightening labour markets and the mechanism which prevented it from inhibiting accumulation . |
| 18 | But county hall staff say there are practical problems which prevent them from laying speed monitoring cables . |
| 19 | From travelling around I get the impression that , although they say they want to , most branches have other concerns which prevent them from taking up recruitment in an effective way . |
| 20 | ‘ The council also hopes that the package will help many women who are subjected to violence to overcome the problems which prevent them from seeking help . ’ |
| 21 | ARC Northern wants a relaxation of planning conditions which prevent them from working their roadstone coating plant at their Penmaenmawr quarry on Sundays . |
| 22 | If private property is to be legitimate within the framework of a liberal society it is also necessary to show that there are constraints which prevent it from becoming a source of power which threatens the liberty of the individual or rivals the power of the state . |
| 23 | The course content includes : exploring fantasy , sexual response , body image , and a look at some of the underlying feelings which prevent us from reaching our sexual potential . |
| 24 | It is our values and not our limited means which prevent us from recognizing that our society possesses adequate resources for the task in hand . |
| 25 | it is difficult to measure precisely the influence of factors by isolating them in experiments and , even if we could , there may be ethical problems which prevent us from doing so |
| 26 | The characters , it is often alleged , are flat ; there is not enough awareness of sexuality ; good and evil are presented as absolutes , without a proper sense of inner conflict within individuals ; there is something incoherent in the ‘ main pattern ’ of the story , which prevents one from reading it as ‘ a connected allegory with a clear message for the modern world ’ . |
| 27 | The feeling of spaciousness is degraded , however , by the intrusion of the cockpit well , which prevents one from sitting up in bed . |
| 28 | It is Artegall 's required attendance at the Faerie Court which prevents him from completing the renewal of justice in Eirena 's kingdom , and it is Elizabeth , A View of the Present State of Ireland makes clear , who halted the necessary civilising action undertaken by the New English there : |
| 29 | Certainly , the law will not imply a term which prevents him from doing so . |
| 30 | In addition to the cultural blocks there is a spiritual blindness in the hearts and minds of people which prevents them from hearing the Good News . |