Example sentences of "preventing they [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet Union abandoned its demand for a clause to be inserted in new treaties between the Soviet Union and its former allies , preventing them from entering alliances which the Soviet Union might have regarded as hostile . |
| 2 | Respondents were asked to describe how they would like to expand their training programmes : this elicited needs that libraries perceived as significant but which were not being satisfied , and information about the factors that they felt were preventing them from undertaking ‘ enough ’ training . |
| 3 | 1 Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan , add the onions , garlic , bay leaf , thyme and seasoning ( salt will draw water from the onions , preventing them from drying out ) . |
| 4 | The march was attended by 3,500 ( as compared with 100,000 at a similar march in January — see p. 38736 ) and passed peacefully except that afterwards members of a Trotskyist group , the Revolutionary Communist Youth , broke away and battled with the police preventing them from reaching a hall where Le Pen was speaking . |
| 5 | To prevent this happening chemical agents known as sequestrants are used which bind up the residues preventing them from dropping out of solution . |
| 6 | An invisible barrier put up between different departments in a financial organisation , preventing them from discussing matters which could give rise to a conflict of interest . |
| 7 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 8 | Scuffles ensued when the demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon preventing them from marching to the tomb of the unknown soldier . |
| 9 | People do n't usually hit out unless they are upset or angry , so showing you understand their feelings goes a long way to preventing them from expressing that anger towards you . |
| 10 | European pressure on the USA to extend its trade liberalization policy grew after reports on April 11 that some West German companies including the Volkswagen car manufacturing company had complained that COCOM regulations were preventing them from supplying machinery to their newly acquired factories in East Germany . |
| 11 | In the process , a slurry of ore and water is mixed with a chemical that forms a layer around tin oxide particles , preventing them from getting wet . |
| 12 | The germanium layer confines the charges just under the skin , preventing them from bumping into the surface and scattering from their designated path through the transistor . |
| 13 | The solution to these problems is anticipation , that is preventing them from developing by thinking ahead and taking action early . |
| 14 | The visitors hustled and harried Alton , preventing them from settling into a rhythm and Alton , lacking the inspiration of the previous week , could find no ideas to counter them . |
| 15 | The compromise between the professionally interested parties , the outsiders and the ‘ Barons ’ , was arrived at by , on the one hand , removing the numerical ceiling which operated previously , to the detriment of the large firms , but also , by placing a limitation on these same firms , preventing them from flooding the rota with in experienced staff . |
| 16 | Regulating what adolescents knew about sex , and preventing them from going to bed with their girlfriends or boyfriends , had become difficult . |
| 17 | For many individuals the experience is repeated several times a year , thereby constituting a serious infringement of their personal liberty , disrupting the lives of their families , often preventing them from complying with requirements for obtaining welfare benefits and effectively making them unemployable . |
| 18 | There was nothing new in it to be discovered , and it was preventing them from making new discoveries elsewhere . |
| 19 | US and British investigators also complained that the West German police had withheld information on the PFLP-GC arrests , preventing them from making the Malta link earlier . |
| 20 | Very young babies show rage , turning scarlet in the face and screaming , but only when they become toddlers can they hit out at whoever is preventing them from doing what they want . |
| 21 | On April 15 a group of doctors threatened to strike against the curfew , which they alleged was preventing them from attending patients . |
| 22 | He also issued a permanent injunction against the IAAF and the TAC , preventing them from keeping Reynolds out of competition on the basis of the test made in Monte Carlo on August 12 , 1990 which proved postive for steroids . |
| 23 | As a result of complaints by a group of students that Ebussu'ud Efendi 's colleague , Civizade , the Anadolu kazasker , was preventing them from becoming mulazims , Sultan Suleyman charged Ebussu'ud Efendi with looking into the matter . |
| 24 | Whenever she appeared on stage or at TV stations she insisted cameramen signed forms preventing them from selling their pictures to these ‘ pirate ’ merchandisers . |
| 25 | The tools have to be looked after which means , in particular , preventing them from rusting ( a thin smearing of oil does the trick ) ; tools with cutting edges should be kept sharp with their blades protected against damage . |
| 26 | If I drive the line through , preventing them from laughing , then the final laugh will be both laughs joined together , and some more — from relief . ’ |
| 27 | The report by the Conservative Family Campaign called for restrictions on AIDS sufferers and those carrying the HIV virus , including preventing them from working with food for the public . |
| 28 | Trolley safe from the Heinz Baby Club 's Safety Catalogue is a two-inch wide polyester webbing belt , which is fully adjustable and will restrain babies and children , preventing them from standing up and falling out of a trolley , or tipping it over completely . |
| 29 | Conservationists have an enormous job to keep the populations high enough for continued existence , while preventing them from growing too large and wrecking the little bit of space that is left to them . |