Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [adv] prevent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most likely explanation for the difference is that the scid mutation affects the physiology of the thymocyte in a more general way rather than just preventing correct V(D)J recombination . |
| 2 | A commits a tort if , without lawful justification , he intentionally interferes with a contract between B and C , ( a ) by persuading B to break his contract with C , or ( b ) if by some unlawful act he directly or indirectly prevents B from performing his contract . |
| 3 | The keys were organised in such a way to prevent the typist from typing too quickly and thereby prevent the mechanically-operated rods of the typewriter from sticking . |
| 4 | Greater security is attained because if a keycard is lost or stolen , the lock code can be changed very quickly and simply to prevent unauthorised access . |
| 5 | The extreme toxicity of their venom enables them to kill their main prey — eels — very rapidly and thus prevent them from wriggling free . |
| 6 | In a Court of Appeal decision , reported in the same volume as the case from which the passage above is taken , Lord Denning thought that there was a breach of the peace ‘ whenever a person who is lawfully carrying out his work is unlawfully and physically prevented by another from doing it ’ . |
| 7 | C.E. G. B. ( C.A. , 1981 ) where Denning M.R. said that there would be a breach of the peace whenever a person , lawfully carrying out his work , is unlawfully and physically prevented by another from doing it ) . |
| 8 | There is a breach of the peace whenever a person who is lawfully carrying out his work is unlawfully and physically prevented by another from doing it . ’ |
| 9 | In either case the officer must have reasonable grounds for believing that it is necessary to seize the evidence there and then to prevent it being destroyed . |