Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] prevent " in BNC.

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1 In McEllistrim v The Ballymacelligott Co-op Agricultural & Dairy Society [ 1919 ] AC 548 a co-operative society had changed its rules so as to prevent any member from selling milk other than to the society .
2 On the other hand , if the landlord is likely to relet the demised property at the end of the tenancy without incorporating it into any greater unit it may be prudent to spread the termination dates so as to prevent a cash flow crisis , which might be occasioned by too many voids at the same time .
3 Just over three years ago Dr Helmut Kohl , federal chancellor , declaimed in the remains of the Reichstag that the Wall , stretching beyond the former capital of a united Germany around 100 miles in length , was ‘ a monument to inhumanity which tears families apart and prevents human contact . ’
4 She may feel more in control if she takes her bill herself to the Department of Social Security , having been guided by the adviser that she should ask them about the ‘ fuel direct ’ scheme that will debit her benefits automatically and prevent disconnection .
5 The courts will normally refuse to allow claims of confidentiality in respect of the names and addresses of employees so as to prevent offers of other employment being made to them by departing staff ( see Baker v Gibbons [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 693 and Searle ( GD ) & Co Ltd v Celltech Ltd [ 1982 ] FSR 92 ) .
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