Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] prevent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion of responders achieving independence from parents rose with age and suggests that independence is delayed rather than prevented by the presence of cystic fibrosis . |
| 2 | Thus , the Act has no effect in the internal workings of children 's hearings : there is no question of ‘ rehabilitation ’ as that term is understood in the Act applying so as to prevent a later children 's hearing exploring the circumstances of an earlier offence or hearing or disposal . |
| 3 | Lessons must be designed so as to prevent the learner making mistakes . |
| 4 | The wing unstalls immediately and prevents the spin from developing . |
| 5 | They stopped it being watered down and prevented the part about combating discrimination from being taken out . |
| 6 | One views unusual vertical arrangements with suspicion , presuming that they are made so as to prevent others entering the industry , to raise margins and thereby increase profits at the expense of consumers . |
| 7 | The group was formed by the concerted actions of a few individuals in the area of the Yellow Creek , near Middlesboro , Kentucky in an attempt to clean up and prevent further pollution in their local stream which has been contaminated by a local tannery sending the untreated waste from its chemical processing into the sewage treatment plant of the city of Middlesboro . |
| 8 | Belladonna , which is not a nosode , may clear up and prevent scarlet fever , though this disease is little seen nowadays . |
| 9 | The other ships would remain offshore , and dispatch launches to set men ashore around the coastline of the gulf , to make their presence felt in the countryside , as well as to circle around and prevent the escape of any rebels or corrupt officials . |
| 10 | A policeman 's job is made more difficult if a person physically obtrudes so as to prevent the policeman from arresting a third person , and it has been held that such conduct constitutes obstruction . |
| 11 | Wiser heads , impressed by the scale and intensity of working-class militancy in a single region and recognizing that an ill-timed coup might merely provoke rather than prevent a nationwide revolution of the left , placed their faith in subtler tactics . |
| 12 | Basically , most moisturisers serve a simple purpose — to sit on the surface of your skin where they seal in and prevent the moisture from escaping . |
| 13 | ( 5 ) The agreement will be construed so as to prevent fraud . |
| 14 | Most of the scrappy first half saw them sit back and prevent the dominant but over-elaborate Hearts from scoring . |