Example sentences of "[not/n't] prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family and being successful in my work . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the Commission 's disquiet has not prevented it from agreeing the designation . |
| 3 | He told the American writer , John Malcolm Brinnin , that he had learned , from working on the film production , more about writing for the theatre than he had learned in the theatre itself , but that did not prevent him from vetoing the idea , proposed by Sherek , that The Cocktail Party should also be filmed . |
| 4 | His administrative post did not prevent him from taking an active part in several engagements , including the bloody battle of Chrysler 's Farm . |
| 5 | In 1929 Nizan 's acquiescence to party discipline did not prevent him from exploring the possibility of working for the party at the edge of the class divide . |
| 6 | This , however , did not prevent him from becoming a cult figure among some of the Jacobins and other revolutionaries . |
| 7 | On his return to Trinidad in 1948 , Eric Williams almost immediately got involved in public appearances at which he gave his opinions on historical topics concerning the West Indies and while his work for the Caribbean Commission strictly forbade any political involvement , it did not prevent him from opening a window on the West Indian past . |
| 8 | Will Thorne — MP , trade unionist and patriot — declared that the patriotism of West Ham socialists would not prevent them from taking a strong political stance on relief questions ( SE 15 August 14 ) . |
| 9 | There was a warm welcome from the people of Barbados , but their sympathy did not prevent them from preparing a pitch to suit the fast bowlers when the Test took place . |
| 10 | Melody 's delight and incredulity were genuine , but it did not prevent her from taking the food and drink from his hands and bolting it as though she were starving . |
| 11 | Well , with this mental disease I have , I think of the many other artists suffering mentally and I tell myself that this does not prevent one from exercising the painter 's profession as if nothing was amiss . |
| 12 | Indeed , the enormous catalogue — whose evident production problems will not prevent it from becoming an oeuvre de base — is the reverse of chauvinistic , with French scholars distinctly under-represented . |
| 13 | The return of the proxy form will not prevent you from attending the meeting and voting in person should you wish to do so . |
| 14 | This is only a warning , and it will not prevent you from updating the SPR . |
| 15 | This is only a warning , and it will not prevent you from updating the SPR . |
| 16 | ( As you will see from Section 1.3 , this does not prevent you from distributing the disk storage requirements across any number of disks and directories . ) |
| 17 | We are not preventing anybody from making a bid , but we believe that there should be one form of assistance per company . |
| 18 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 19 | An American actor called Spalding Gray had a bit part , but this did n't prevent him from developing a one-man act about the making of the film called Swimming to Cambodia which was made into a film in 1987 , directed by Jonathan Demme . |
| 20 | He underwent a minor operation on his elbow during the summer , but that did n't prevent him from fulfilling a fitness programme with the new season in mind . |
| 21 | It did n't prevent him from running a successful office , despite the lack of support from some staff ’ . |
| 22 | Her mother said it was stimulating to be upset , and maybe it was , but that did n't prevent her from preferring the solace of the old wisdom . |