Example sentences of "from reaching [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We are , it seems , some distance from reaching a consensus on the contents of the school curriculum . |
2 | The march was attended by 3,500 ( as compared with 100,000 at a similar march in January — see p. 38736 ) and passed peacefully except that afterwards members of a Trotskyist group , the Revolutionary Communist Youth , broke away and battled with the police preventing them from reaching a hall where Le Pen was speaking . |
3 | *Diversion of water is threatening the life of another Soviet sea : Agriculture and industry are preventing around 30 per cent of annual fresh water supply from reaching the Sea of Azov . |
4 | A special security fence will be built well away from Parc des Princes stadium to prevent any Scottish fans planning to turn up without tickets from reaching the stadium . |
5 | Some hoped that Mr Najibullah 's demise would bring an end to the country 's 13-year civil war and prevent the fighting from reaching the capital , but one radical Muslim rebel group threatened to attack Kabul anyway . |
6 | If information is to be prevented from reaching the press , then the yardstick that determines success or failure is whether that information reaches the press or not ! |
7 | All wood floors suitable for d-i-y installation can be laid directly on to floor boards or concrete floors , assuming that they are level and , in the case of concrete , that there is a damp-proof course to stop any damp from reaching the floor . |
8 | Or , you can set traps for them to prevent then from reaching the pots to lay their eggs . |
9 | Far from reaching the end of the road , we are only just beginning ! |
10 | It believes that every vehicle should have a sophisticated exhaust that traps the lead and prevents it from reaching the atmosphere . |
11 | And as it is buffeted by ultraviolet radiation , so it absorbs it ; and thus prevents the most harmful , high energy , high-frequency radiation known as UVB , from reaching the Earth . |
12 | An intact Ozone Layer prevents about 99% of the sun 's UV rays from reaching the Earth . |
13 | So the cloud absorbs sunlight , heating the stratosphere up but stopping warmth from reaching the Earth . |
14 | In fact , as it turned out , the great majority of the 300,000 German troops reported by Schmidt-Richberg as approaching Austria on 13 May were cut off from reaching the frontier by Tito 's forces , or were already in the process of surrendering inside Yugoslavia . |
15 | There had also been recent allegations that Vacek had acted to prevent relevant documents from reaching the commission . |
16 | If necessary , use a shield to prevent stray light from reaching the detector . |
17 | ‘ Pleased to meet you , dear , ’ said Mrs Miller , who was endowed with so many rolls of fat that her stomach almost prevented her from reaching the counter . |
18 | Attempts by police to prevent protesters from other parts of the country from reaching the city lead to the death of a student on May 20 as he sought to evade a police cordon . |
19 | During summer , the soil moisture deficit usually prevents rainfall from reaching the aquifer , and the water table falls as water flows from the aquifer and is not replaced . |
20 | Male sterilization , vasectomy , involves cutting the vas deferens on each side , thereby preventing spermatozoa manufactured in the testes from reaching the urethra . |