Example sentences of "prevent [pron] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bank 's ethics code prevented it cashing in on the bonanza reaped by others from the pound 's departure from the European exchange rate mechanism last September . |
| 2 | It prevents us falling back upon the familiar ideas of a ‘ father in heaven ’ who is thought of in much the same way as Santa Claus or an uncle in Australia . |
| 3 | To prevent them rolling off into the water , the eggs are cuneiform , or wedge-shaped : narrow at one end and broad at the other . |
| 4 | The explanation appears to be that shepherds at high altitudes reverse their cigars in their mouths to prevent them blowing out in the wind ! |
| 5 | The newcomer was ostentatiously dressed in robes slashed with yellow taffeta and bound by a gold cord very similar to one used by Benstede , although the latter had a row of knots in his to prevent it slipping down over the loops on his gown . |
| 6 | Indeed , the more they play the more I may say drugged you become with the sound and the beating of it until you have to prevent yourself swaying around with the natives . |