Example sentences of "also to prevent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his benevolent aspect he is the source of rain and hence petitioned to alleviate drought , and also to prevent meningitis . |
| 2 | Women 's relative absence from paid work was considered necessary by many , but not all functionalist writers , for both her expressive role as housewife and full-time mother , and also to prevent strains which competition with the male breadwinner might create . |
| 3 | In the summer , the solar system should provide all the heat necessary ; at other times of the year , some ‘ topping-up ’ will be necessary and , in the winter , precautions have to be taken not only to prevent the solar part of the system freezing ( antifreeze is usually added to the water in this part of the system ) but also to prevent the whole system working in reverse which would mean that the domestic hot water cylinder was heating the solar collector ! |
| 4 | After the Albanian exodus , the West German , French and Italian embassies were closed , ostensibly to clean and repair the buildings and grounds , but also to prevent a new influx of would-be emigrants . |
| 5 | The systems planning team has a particularly important role to ensure a ‘ design for integration ’ and also to prevent any delay in this integration . |
| 6 | This was necessary not only to secure that a substantial part of the development ‘ returned to the community ’ , but also to prevent a two-price system as existed under the 1954 Act . |
| 7 | Erm and also to prevent the handicapped people and perhaps for the very elderly it can be a little bit of an adventure . |
| 8 | Relief is given for the basic rate of tax and the additional rate of tax which was paid on the income ( TA 1988 , s677(2) ( h ) ) and also to prevent other duplications of tax liabilities . |
| 9 | The CSO 's new director , Bill McLennan , said the changes were not only part of general tidying up operation to standardise distribution but also to prevent leaks . |