Example sentences of "[Wh det] prevent [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , too , could Motherwell if they continue to create what manager Tommy McLean described as ‘ pretty patterns ’ but lack the finishing touch which prevented them from taking full points from this entertaining encounter at Fir Park . |
| 2 | The cots were suspended from hooks attached to the roof and further secured in position by chains and springs , known as grips , which prevented them from swinging . |
| 3 | Not surprisingly , this doctrine has become especially important to those who feel as a matter of Marxist science that the proletariat ought by now to have enacted a revolutionary response to the crises which are seen as always present ; and their failure to do so is therefore commonly explained as an aspect of false consciousness , which prevented them from recognizing their proper historical duty . |
| 4 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
| 5 | Her approaches were unsuccessful since suspicion of her contacts with Jacobite circles might have endangered Georg Ludwig 's position as king of England ; and her children when grown up had political considerations of their own which prevented them from responding positively . |
| 6 | The social workers were bound by rules of confidentiality and legal requirements which prevented them from revealing any relevant information . |
| 7 | Lowe continued his career until 1871 when he fell victim to a pulmonary disease which prevented him from joining the services for the deaf at the new St. Saviour 's Church . |
| 8 | Born into a provincial Liberal family in 1858 , Hobson developed unorthodox views which prevented him from securing an academic career in his chosen field of economics . |
| 9 | In Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 758 the Court of Appeal held that a restraint on a medical assistant to a partnership which prevented him from practising " in any department of medicine , surgery or midwifery ( or accepting ) any professional appointment " was unreasonable because it covered , inter alia , practice as a consultant or medical officer of health . |
| 10 | What was worrying him more , he said , was the language barrier which prevented him from linking up with his Japanese teammates . |
| 11 | Was n't it plain , common or garden cowardice , not the sturdy self-righteousness I 'd credited myself with , which prevented me from ending the whole business ? |
| 12 | I remember , after one lesson , having a sensation of a collar being around my neck which prevented me from turning my head ( similar to the kind people have to wear after painful neck injuries ) . |
| 13 | Rage at a fate which prevented her from screaming and railing at him for so misjudging her , rage at him for playing this cat-and-mouse game with her , rage at herself for letting him get away with it . |
| 14 | She sustained an injury to her hip which prevented her from caring for her husband when he was at home . |
| 15 | So the rise in product wages was both the clearest expression of tightening labour markets and the mechanism which prevented it from inhibiting accumulation . |
| 16 | But county hall staff say there are practical problems which prevent them from laying speed monitoring cables . |
| 17 | From travelling around I get the impression that , although they say they want to , most branches have other concerns which prevent them from taking up recruitment in an effective way . |
| 18 | ‘ The council also hopes that the package will help many women who are subjected to violence to overcome the problems which prevent them from seeking help . ’ |
| 19 | ARC Northern wants a relaxation of planning conditions which prevent them from working their roadstone coating plant at their Penmaenmawr quarry on Sundays . |
| 20 | If private property is to be legitimate within the framework of a liberal society it is also necessary to show that there are constraints which prevent it from becoming a source of power which threatens the liberty of the individual or rivals the power of the state . |
| 21 | The course content includes : exploring fantasy , sexual response , body image , and a look at some of the underlying feelings which prevent us from reaching our sexual potential . |
| 22 | It is our values and not our limited means which prevent us from recognizing that our society possesses adequate resources for the task in hand . |
| 23 | it is difficult to measure precisely the influence of factors by isolating them in experiments and , even if we could , there may be ethical problems which prevent us from doing so |
| 24 | The characters , it is often alleged , are flat ; there is not enough awareness of sexuality ; good and evil are presented as absolutes , without a proper sense of inner conflict within individuals ; there is something incoherent in the ‘ main pattern ’ of the story , which prevents one from reading it as ‘ a connected allegory with a clear message for the modern world ’ . |
| 25 | The feeling of spaciousness is degraded , however , by the intrusion of the cockpit well , which prevents one from sitting up in bed . |
| 26 | It is Artegall 's required attendance at the Faerie Court which prevents him from completing the renewal of justice in Eirena 's kingdom , and it is Elizabeth , A View of the Present State of Ireland makes clear , who halted the necessary civilising action undertaken by the New English there : |
| 27 | Certainly , the law will not imply a term which prevents him from doing so . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They have a largely impermeable skin which prevents them from drying out too quickly under a hot sun , although evaporation does take place . |