Example sentences of "[vb pp] [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 | Lessons must be designed so as to prevent the learner making mistakes . |
| 3 | They stopped it being watered down and prevented the part about combating discrimination from being taken out . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ( 5 ) The agreement will be construed so as to prevent fraud . |