Example sentences of "to prevent [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do believe that is a signpost to Cape Town , ’ I remarked , trying hard to prevent my voice from cracking . |
| 2 | Christine de Pizan continues : ‘ to prevent her beauty from distracting the concentration of her audience , she had a little curtain drawn in front of her . ’ |
| 3 | In both the United Kingdom and Ireland an international agreement has no effect in municipal law unless it has been incorporated by legislation ; therefore in neither State could individuals use this provision to bring a legal action to prevent their government from entering into a new or modified agreement . |
| 4 | West German trade unions have already had to take action to re to prevent their government from denying equal conditions to workers in the former East Germany . |
| 5 | to employ a sequestering agent to prevent its activity from affecting the process . |
| 6 | If the mark is unregistered it may still be protected by common law , and its owner could take steps to prevent its use by asking the court for an injunction under the tort of passing off . |
| 7 | This controversial political lineage caused the Republican Party establishment to disown him , and in several states there were plans to attempt to prevent his name from appearing on the ballot papers . |
| 8 | Instead of putting it in the power of the creditor to prevent his debtor from obtaining his liberty on giving up his all , it vested the right of a negative in the judges in open court , where it was more just to place it than to allow it to remain in the power of the creditor who , from motives of resentment , was less likely to decide impartially in his own cause . |
| 9 | Whatever he is doing , you must remember that he must be positioned correctly at all times to prevent his spasticity from increasing . |
| 10 | Bush opened his re-election campaign ; one of the Democratic candidates , Governor of Virginia Douglas Wilder , abandoned the race ; and the Democratic front-runner , Bill Clinton , struggled to prevent his challenge from disintegrating in the face of allegations of marital infidelity . |
| 11 | Bob Champion had been advised by Fred Winter , who had twice ridden the winner of the Grand National , to take a pull halfway to the first fence in order to prevent his mount from rushing at it . |
| 12 | J.F. Lazartigue have all the essentials to prevent your hair from frazzling on your honeymoon . |