Example sentences of "[vb mod] have prevented him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The indications are , therefore , that Offa was engaged fairly intensively against the Welsh across the first twenty-five or so years of his reign and this may have prevented him from pursuing Mercian interests in eastern and south-eastern England too vigorously before the mid-780s . |
| 2 | Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ . |
| 3 | Even a slight awareness of A. S. Neill 's compassionate philosophy would have prevented him from making the inept link with the Nazis and racism . |
| 4 | Peter Brown , the Eastbourne co-promoter , said : ‘ It is particularly unfair on our rider , Andrew Silver , because only a bizarre combination of circumstances would have prevented him from qualifying . |
| 5 | If after the plaintiff has been harmed his damages are increased by his failure to have proper medical attention , this failure by him to mitigate his damage would have prevented him from recovering that portion of his loss which is attributable to his omission , and it is doubtful whether section 13(6) of the 1965 Act has a different effect . |
| 6 | 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 . |