Example sentences of "prevent we [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir John , perhaps rightly , thought that this was not our brief , and that the complexities of this problem would prevent us from submitting our Report on time . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that our friends and allies round the world who may be faced with potentially aggressive neighbours are entitled to look to us for support in arms sales , for example , of the Challenger tank which is made in Leeds , and that nothing proposed on restricting arms sales generally in the interests of world peace will prevent us from supporting our allies in circumstances where that is necessary ? |
| 4 | In that document , there is a very strong reference to the fact that that power should be either restrictive or removed and that there should be a right of appeal against it , which would effectively prevent us from using it . |
| 5 | The presence of may prevent us from drawing such a conclusion . |
| 6 | That , however , does not prevent us from drawing particular , limited conclusions from such ‘ isolation ’ experiments . |
| 7 | It is the emotional and dynamic tug of a story which must prevent us from reading in too literal a spirit . |
| 8 | It does prevent us from assuming that students are being educated because they are at a university , irrespective of what their studies are . |
| 9 | Games such as crosswords , mazes , find the hidden word , etc. , can help prevent us from getting bored and allowing our thoughts to wander . |
| 10 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 11 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 12 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 14 | But to say ‘ well we may run into erm problems which we ca n't at the moment foresee , or problems which may make life temporarily a little difficult ’ I do n't think should prevent us from tackling the problem . |
| 15 | By contrast the white hole originates in a space-time singularity and the horizon does not prevent us from viewing this strange event . |