Example sentences of "prevent [pers pn] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predictably , there have been numerous success stories often involving mature women whose domestic commitments had prevented them from returning to employment , who had lost confidence in themselves or , if they were working , had little or no recognition for their linguistic and human management skills . |
| 2 | Though I am resigning myself as far as possible to the will of God , you will surely find it quite human and natural that my tears almost prevent me from writing … |
| 3 | Such people should be diagnosed by experts and given appropriate treatment which will prevent them from re-offending ; if necessary they can be detained to incapacitate them in the meantime . |
| 4 | The Law prevented them from helping . |
| 5 | It is wholly inappropriate to begin to teach adults to learn how to read by using children 's story books when in reality they will be able to relate more to being able to read those by-laws of the state which prevent them from voting . |
| 6 | In 1978 fog at Heathrow airport prevented me from flying to referee the first ever game between France and Russia , and in 1981 a leg injury picked up in the First Test prevented me refereeing the Second Test between France and New Zealand . |
| 7 | Peter Brown , the Eastbourne co-promoter , said : ‘ It is particularly unfair on our rider , Andrew Silver , because only a bizarre combination of circumstances would have prevented him from qualifying . |
| 8 | Her ill health did not prevent her from painting , from being politically active in the communist movement nor from leading a rich life . |
| 9 | He tightened his finger on the trigger but again the fragile , defenceless beauty of the deer prevented him from firing and he lowered his rifle immediately . |
| 10 | Was it some insensitivity in his nature that had failed to respond to the nuances of the relationship , some obtuseness of perception that had prevented him from seeing , as it still prevented him from understanding ? |
| 11 | As he thought of this he grasped on to it with relief for it seemed to give him a reason to do nothing , though in his heart he knew it was fear , not duty , that prevented him from flying . |
| 12 | Although Colonel Newnham-Davis consistently pleaded for more varied menus and shorter meals , this did not prevent him from ordering and eating , with evident enjoyment and approval , what seems to-day a perfectly astounding meal . |
| 13 | The Australians have cleared the all-rounder Steve Waugh for the trip to India despite a back injury which will prevent him from bowling in the tournament . |
| 14 | The disability did n't prevent him from farming in Tanzania and going on to hold several posts in the Tanzanian Cabinet . |
| 15 | A soluble form of this protein could bind to the virus and prevent it from binding to human T cells . |
| 16 | No , you can not prevent it from happening — but scientists are a bit nearer to understanding what goes on at the molecular level . |
| 17 | If bad weather prevented it from hunting at these times it would starve . |
| 18 | Erm , everything else we 've looked at , there are either statutory problems or other problems that prevent us from charging . |
| 19 | Coun Bob Brady , the council 's housing committee chairman , said : ‘ Financial restrictions have prevented us from building council houses for some time . |
| 20 | At the moment the law makes the , the law obliges them to do A B C and prevents them from doing X Y Z. |
| 21 | Commentators considered that the delay was designed to give the LTTE time to negotiate with the Moslem and Sinhalese communities in the Eastern Province in order to prevent them from joining to vote for the reinstatement of a separate Eastern Provincial Council . |
| 22 | But those who participate have to sign a non-competition deal preventing them from leaving to work with a rival consortium . |
| 23 | Julie 's mother had become increasingly concerned that the abdominal pain Julie had complained of the previous evening had worsened over-night , preventing her from sleeping . |
| 24 | Fujimori accused Gen. Salinas of having attempted to organize an unpublicised coup in July 1990 to prevent him from coming to office . |
| 25 | As we drank our coffee , a lorry arrived from the main group to pick up Macier whose blisters had burst , preventing him from walking . |
| 26 | Unless something is written into the Bill to prevent it from happening , what happened in Southampton will happen in the towns and cities of Scotland . |
| 27 | If you are using an extension flex reel , always uncoil it fully to prevent it from overheating . |
| 28 | A contract engineer called to my machine at work said that I should have a least eight inches of space all around it to prevent it from overheating or , if that did not solve the problem , it would need a new hard disk . |
| 29 | An elderly man was kneeling on the pavement , sawing a slice from the bottom of his front door , to prevent it from jamming . |
| 30 | To prevent it from rotting , the frame needs a coat of primer , followed by undercoat and topped by a coat of gloss paint . |