Example sentences of "[noun] to prevent or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physical features , such as a propensity for obesity or tallness may reflect predisposition to early maturation ; in these cases , anorexia nervosa may represent an attempt to prevent or reverse the maturational process in those who feel unprepared . |
| 2 | We can , however , take action to prevent or avoid a predicted catastrophe and much of social skills training and health education are designed to do precisely this . |
| 3 | They knew of the construction of the sewer , and they ought to have appreciated the possibility of damage to their mains and taken appropriate action to prevent or rectify it . |
| 4 | The rash application of strong antiseptic solutions to prevent or ward off infection is another rare cause of urethritis . |
| 5 | They saw municipal ownership and its efficient management as a means of improving public services and as a first step towards public ownership of the entire economy , and improved administration to prevent or cure social ills . |
| 6 | There is no requirement to prevent or reduce any significant adverse effects on the environment . |
| 7 | Individuals have no standing to prevent or interfere with the executive 's exercise of this power , as it would undermine the overall control of foreign policy . |
| 8 | Despite all these efforts to prevent or limit warfare , there was a substantial toll in human life , though not as great as that of the Iran-Iraq conflict . |
| 9 | Therefore it follows that odour emissions can be a ground for refusing planning permission or imposing conditions to prevent or reduce any possible odour pollution . |
| 10 | The revelation of such information could jeopardize sensitive investigations essential to the nation 's security , could place at risk the lives of those who had come forward with their suspicions to the police and could undermine the efforts of the police to prevent or detect serious crime . |
| 11 | In fact the classic novelists were well aware of the dangerous power of their art , and took various measures to prevent or warn against its abuse . |
| 12 | given the ‘ Constitutional Independence ’ ( but political reliability ) of the judiciary , there will be no concerted effort to prevent or curtail the steady drift towards more frequent use of severe penal sanctions whenever many judges and magistrates react to their perceptions of growing or potential disruption resulting from the upsurge in the volume of unemployment and an intensification of class conflict in general . |
| 13 | It was hoped that more would be done by legislation to impose on local authorities a duty to consider , assess and intervene ‘ Where there are elderly people in need of some support or advice in order to prevent or postpone personal or social deterioration or breakdown — necessitating their removal to institutional care ’ ( Age Concern , 1986 , p. 128 ) . |
| 14 | They also criticized the evident lack of contingency plans to prevent or respond to accidents of this kind . |
| 15 | A decision not to prescribe or an underestimate of need , with justified caution , may aggravate or precipitate a distressing withdrawal state , which a doctor has a responsibility to prevent or relieve and may make the prisoner unfit to be interviewed . |
| 16 | Identify broad social strategies to prevent or mitigate undesirable impacts of global change or to adapt to changes which are unavoidable ; |
| 17 | As an alternative to modifying the soil , by the use of chemical agents , coatings may be applied to clean surfaces to prevent or interfere with soil attachment . |
| 18 | Defences which may be available include : an Act of God ; the plaintiff 's consent ; or where the odour nuisance is a result of the act of a trespasser and the owner or occupier is ignorant of the nuisance , not having the means of knowing of the nuisance in time to prevent or abate its effect . |