Example sentences of "[vb infin] prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence my acceptance that yesterday I did not know prevents me from claiming knowledge today . |
| 2 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 3 | The tears on Cullam 's cheeks awoke in him a nausea and a rage so fierce that it was all he could do to prevent himself from striking him . |
| 4 | She was off-balance — nothing she could do to prevent herself from turning towards him as his grip pulled her in . |
| 5 | Is there anything I can do to prevent it without covering up completely ? |
| 6 | Both Mancetter and Oxfordshire are well inland for convenient harbours , but this may not have prevented them from using water-borne transport . |
| 7 | If after the plaintiff has been harmed his damages are increased by his failure to have proper medical attention , this failure by him to mitigate his damage would have prevented him from recovering that portion of his loss which is attributable to his omission , and it is doubtful whether section 13(6) of the 1965 Act has a different effect . |
| 8 | The onus of proving that sufficient disclosure was made rests on the firm and it is not a defence to show that a legal or financial impediment on the part of the customer would have prevented him from proceeding with the relevant transaction , or that disclosure would not have affected the customer 's decision whether or not to proceed . |
| 9 | The indications are , therefore , that Offa was engaged fairly intensively against the Welsh across the first twenty-five or so years of his reign and this may have prevented him from pursuing Mercian interests in eastern and south-eastern England too vigorously before the mid-780s . |
| 10 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 11 | Even a slight awareness of A. S. Neill 's compassionate philosophy would have prevented him from making the inept link with the Nazis and racism . |
| 12 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 13 | Only on his way home did he suddenly realize that illness could have prevented her from meeting him , and only when he entered the farmhouse that evening did he discover that she was dead . |
| 14 | You know nobody would have prevented you from going . |
| 15 | Uniformity of policy throughout Europe would have prevented us from building up the strength of the City of London . |
| 16 | We must try to prevent him from erring in the first place ; easier said than done ! |
| 17 | Games such as crosswords , mazes , find the hidden word , etc. , can help prevent us from getting bored and allowing our thoughts to wander . |
| 18 | What more could she say to prevent him from carrying out his plan to move out of the village ? |