Example sentences of "[adv] prevent [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prompt action by local people can not only prevent ultimate demolition , but also save many thousands of pounds in repair costs . |
| 2 | The acceptance of the proposals of the Franks Committee to reform the Official Secrets Act would not necessarily prevent civil servants in the future being faced with a clash of loyalties but it should make the problem less acute . |
| 3 | While insulation will reduce heat loss , it will not necessarily prevent burst pipes . |
| 4 | Screening tests which identify the presence of mental handicap in the unborn child do not prevent mental handicap , because the handicap is already present . |
| 5 | In more homogenous countries than Italy and Belgium , proportional representation does not prevent absolute majorities being won as the record of Fianna Fail in Ireland , of Norwegian and Swedish socialists , of both Labour and Nationalists in Malta and of the British Liberal Democrats ' sister party in Portugal prove . |
| 6 | But this does not prevent other functions from being present , lower down in the hierarchy , in texts in which the poetic function is dominant ; equally , the poetic function may be present in texts which are mainly expressive or referential . |
| 7 | The weakness of clauses expressly undertaking obligations is that they will not prevent other , more extensive obligations being imposed unless they are inconsistent with the implied obligation . |
| 8 | Although , as we have noted , women are much less likely than men to select back variants of /a/ , this generally lower level of use does not prevent individual women from varying their realization of /a/ , within the female norms , according to their social network structure . |
| 9 | Though analysts remain sceptical on whether interest rate cuts will lead to a rapid revival in the housing market , this did not prevent strong gains being made in the sector . |
| 10 | The Counter-Reformation did not prevent Italian scholars from making original contributions in classical scholarship , history , law , literary criticism , logic , mathematics , medicine , philology , and rhetoric . |
| 11 | This unstable situation did not prevent intense imperial resentment of Charles ' growing power . |
| 12 | Abortion does not prevent abnormal babies . |
| 13 | The usual preparation with Lugol may not prevent thyroid damage by I-MIBG . |
| 14 | Even if vitamin supplementation did not prevent neural tube defects , what specific harm would result ? |
| 15 | It is also worth noting that , because of the unpredictable epidemiology , the technique commonly used in ostertagiasis of " dose and move " in midsummer does not prevent parasitic bronchitis . |
| 16 | A COMMITTED Colchester side could not prevent National League Division One side Old Loughtonians from claiming the Essex Cup for the seventh time in ten years down in Chigwell . |
| 17 | In RENFE , centralized bargaining could not prevent national agreements , and even statutory provisions , on hours of work and overtime maxima from being regularly flouted . |
| 18 | We can not prevent old age , but we can be aware of its side effects ; we can prevent over-attached dog relationships — and prevention is always better than a cure . |
| 19 | This did not prevent subsequent British complaints that they had been let down by Washington . |
| 20 | They may reduce the risk of attack , but they can not prevent random sectarian murders . |
| 21 | Further , failure to enter a particular module because , for example , it is not higher than the latest in LIFESPAN will not prevent eligible modules from being entered . |
| 22 | Italian league football matches are not televised live , although this does not prevent RAI radio and television from broadcasting a pyrotechnic package of live audio reports from the grounds on a Sunday . |
| 23 | The proposal would not prevent unofficial action taken on the day without any notice . |
| 24 | This evident affinity of the socialists for biological Darwinism did not prevent dynamic and progressive liberal middle classes from welcoming , indeed championing , it . |
| 25 | But the obscurity of the means/end relationship will again normally prevent divergent expenditure being identified , since a plausible case can usually be made for donations in terms of their contribution to goodwill and hence to long-term profitability . |
| 26 | If they have to turn to their neighbour and ask for a repetition of what you just said , the resulting muttering will also prevent other members of the audience from hearing what you say next . |
| 27 | Your dog ca n't prevent unwanted litters . |
| 28 | THE inter-war Weimar Republic had a lovely PR system ; it did n't prevent economic catastrophe and it let in Hitler . |
| 29 | On the negative side , the graphics are a little simplistic and the animation is sparse ( so why the multiload ? ) , but that does n't prevent Sly Spy from being a very good game . |