Example sentences of "prevents they [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cessation of growth is most likely to result from starvation , which may arise because : the whelks eat out their food supply , or the supply fails for some other reason ( perhaps as a result of pollution Bryan ( 1969 ) ; wave action dislodges the whelks and transports them away from their food supply , or prevents them from feeding in some other way ( Cowell and Crothers , 1970 ) ; the temperature drops so low that the whelks become inactive for a long period ( Feare , 1970a ) . |
| 2 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 3 | It is remarkable that our Ministers have failed in their responsibilities , claiming that European Community law prevents them from acting . |
| 4 | Since the catastrophic drop in attendance at the National Museum of Wales — a reduction which has largely been made up by the efforts of the museum staff — there is still bitter resentment among Welsh people that a barrier prevents them from seeing the treasures of Wales that were purchased and the national museum that was established as an expression of Welsh identity . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | All bad spirits travel in straight lines from the south , and that mountain prevents them from entering the Imperial City . " |
| 7 | It is only the natural caution of paleontologists that prevents them from jumping to startling conclusions . |
| 8 | They have a largely impermeable skin which prevents them from drying out too quickly under a hot sun , although evaporation does take place . |
| 9 | His skin secretes a great deal of mucus which both keeps the young attached and prevents them from drying out . |
| 10 | Their recently acquired understanding very often prevents them from achieving a full-blown panic attack . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But they have to take it as a fact , and it is a fact which prevents them from envisaging our liquidation . " |
| 13 | Disability insurance is usually sold by the lender at the time a mortgage is taken out and provides cover in the event of the borrower being involved in an accident or developing a sickness which prevents them from continuing their mortgage payments . |
| 14 | The ERM prevents them from letting their currencies float downwards to adjust . |
| 15 | Ironically , it is sometimes shortage of staff which prevents them from letting you go . |
| 16 | The fact that any extra emotional effort makes them anxious and exhausted is often too painful to admit , even to themselves , and their pride prevents them from beating a perfectly acceptable retreat to their own room for ‘ a rest ’ when visitors are expected . |
| 17 | In Britain most people who are in full-time contracted employment receive full pay for six months , followed by half pay for a further six months , if they have a serious illness or accident which prevents them from working . |
| 18 | For instance , people have long known that squeezing lemon juice on sliced fruits prevents them from turning brown , but until recently it was not known why lemon juice has this effect . |
| 19 | If the squeeze on consumers prevents them from spending more in the next three years , and the government is committed to cutting public sector spending , the best hope of getting the economy growing and refilling the Chancellor 's revenue pots seems to lie with exporters . |