Example sentences of "[pron] from [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All partners are technically self-employed but in order to prevent them from getting into a frightful mess we deduct a percentage from their drawings , so there is something put aside for tax . |
| 2 | Great Pulteney Street alone is 1,100 feet long and 100 feet wide , though the thin pilasters and applied pediments of Bathwick 's terraces prevent them from ranking alongside the Royal Crescent and the King 's Circus as works of European significance . |
| 3 | Those and many other pressures may distract them from remaining for a long period in the Territorial Army . |
| 4 | She could not prevent herself from saying in a doubtful voice , ‘ You will be careful when you go to bed , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | even prevented him from getting to the outside privy ( ‘ Jericho ’ ) must have been severe indeed … |
| 7 | He diagnosed that his concentration on getting to know the clergy and the church people prevented him from moving among the wider community as he should . |
| 8 | We must try to prevent him from erring in the first place ; easier said than done ! |
| 9 | To this Lord Reid said that to regulate a person 's existing trade may be a greater restraint than prohibiting him from engaging in a new trade . |
| 10 | Leonora took out sweaters and shirts and underwear , putting them away with a vague feeling of trespass which failed to keep her from peeping into a folding leather picture frame lying at the bottom of the suitcase . |
| 11 | Her father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too emotionally involved in her cases . |
| 12 | Thomas ' father , a Swansea lawyer , discouraged her from going into the legal profession because he thought she would get too involved in her cases . |
| 13 | An open trellis ( made of tree stakes ) down one length of the garden prevents it from looking like a long , thin bowling alley and utilises next door 's honeysuckle as an extension . |
| 14 | But this did not prevent it from acting as an effective agency of government . |
| 15 | In particular , surplus countries often neutralized an inflow of gold by preventing it from adding to the domestic money supply . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , a foot sweep does require a lot of power to prevent it from degenerating into no more than a shin attack . |
| 17 | Similarly , science fiction motifs give way in this novel to fantasy elements which maintain it at one remove from realism but prevent it from falling into a generic category . |
| 18 | So that 's what privatization is about and how do we stop the privatization how do we really represent the members by attacking the legislation that prevents us from acting in a spontaneous manner , which will assist our members in their hour of need . |
| 19 | A spokesman from the Department said : ‘ There is nothing stopping us from asking for a total ban . |