Example sentences of "prevent [pers pn] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predictably , there have been numerous success stories often involving mature women whose domestic commitments had prevented them from returning to employment , who had lost confidence in themselves or , if they were working , had little or no recognition for their linguistic and human management skills . |
| 2 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |
| 3 | A soluble form of this protein could bind to the virus and prevent it from binding to human T cells . |
| 4 | Commentators considered that the delay was designed to give the LTTE time to negotiate with the Moslem and Sinhalese communities in the Eastern Province in order to prevent them from joining to vote for the reinstatement of a separate Eastern Provincial Council . |
| 5 | But those who participate have to sign a non-competition deal preventing them from leaving to work with a rival consortium . |
| 6 | Fujimori accused Gen. Salinas of having attempted to organize an unpublicised coup in July 1990 to prevent him from coming to office . |