Example sentences of "[v-ing] us from [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , then , is the first stage of reacting to loss : denial — shock that something bad has happened — is our psyche 's way of defending us from experiencing too great a sense of harm too quickly . |
| 2 | Encouraging us to exist on the brink of starvation is one way of stopping us from getting too liberated . |
| 3 | A spokesman from the Department said : ‘ There is nothing stopping us from asking for a total ban . |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State believe that the action of the board of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. in disqualifying us from competing for this work is fair to Cammell Laird ? |
| 5 | If this did not occur , and without ‘ mind ’ playing its special role , our field of awareness would be flooded with a sea of indiscernible sensations , preventing us from following a sequence of events or performing any activity without having a multitude of distractions to contend with . |
| 6 | However , booksellers are not able to do more because publishers are preventing us from doing so . |
| 7 | We 've , the protest succeeded in focusing a spotlight on this northern test site where the Soviets hope to continue nuclear testing after their own people stopped them in Khazakstan They 're rattled and they 're angry with us , and now they 're punishing us by preventing us from having direct communication with our friends and finding out that they 're safe and well . |