Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [vb infin] prevented the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier the inquiry had been told that a four-platform layout for Newton , which could have prevented the tragedy , had been discounted on grounds of cost by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive . |
| 2 | What the verdict of ‘ lack of care ’ presupposes is that some other persons had at least the opportunity of rendering care ( in the narrow sense of that word ) which would have prevented the death . |
| 3 | There is no Sixth Amendment guaranteeing the right to ‘ a speedy and public trial , by an impartial jury ’ , which would have prevented the trials without jury which have existed in Northern Ireland since the 1970s . |
| 4 | The same day it transpired that an additional factor had been the judge 's decision to dismiss " public interest immunity " certificates which had been signed by four senior ministers and which would have prevented the disclosure of certain information about the case . |
| 5 | The court heard that a simple safety device which would have prevented the tragedy , was n't properly fitted . |
| 6 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton disaster . |
| 7 | Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton accident . |
| 8 | That meant that a proposal , which would have prevented the collision , for four new platforms at Newton had been scrapped . |