Example sentences of "to prevent any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep your lower back flat against the bench to prevent any strain . |
| 2 | While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Home Office wants to prevent any repetition of last week 's incident when two Kurds facing deportation from Heathrow Airport set fire to their room at the nearby Harmondsworth Detention Centre . |
| 5 | Its mission is to prevent any nation from mounting an attack on its neighbour , to verify that no rebel forces launch cross-border raids , and to halt any broadcasts by insurrectionary forces . |
| 6 | The Governor returned to Port Stanley from which he had been expelled , and huge defence installations were then erected to prevent any further Argentine attacks , including a massive new airport at Port Stanley . |
| 7 | Some amateur associations went as far as legal prosecution to prevent any payment or pro fit being derived from the activities they controlled . |
| 8 | However , Mr Delors 's suggestion of not one but two inter-governmental conferences is also designed to prevent any unnecessary obstacle delaying the advent of supra-national economic and monetary union . |
| 9 | His own notes on the plans for Shotesham indicate his great attention to detail : ‘ Particular care must be taken in finishing the floor of the Nursery etc to prevent any Noise being heard on the Principal Floor . ’ |
| 10 | Like Roquefort ( see p96 ) , most blue cheeses are wrapped in foil to prevent any skin or crust from forming on the cheese . |
| 11 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 12 | Perched uncomfortably on the high stool , he pressed his ankles together to prevent any movement of his dangling legs . |
| 13 | If it was some horrible misunderstanding , he could n't talk to the girl to try to clear it up ; instead , he had to be kept in prison to prevent any possibility of contact . |
| 14 | ‘ We know that we have done everything humanly possible to prevent any incident from happening but nobody can be 100 per cent sure . |
| 15 | Islam , it is said , is the religion most concerned to prevent any identification of the divine with what is earthly and human . |
| 16 | It has been suggested that agrarian reform is a reformist strategy for undermining the revolutionary potential of the peasantry by providing rural populations with sufficient reforms to prevent any outright opposition to the system . |
| 17 | Lunia , the sympathetic friend and neighbour , who was herself interested in Modigliani , managed to calm him and after that she stood guard at the door to prevent any intrusion . |
| 18 | It was Salah Khalaf no less , one of the PLO 's leading strategists , who announced in May 1976 — when the Palestinians were climbing the eastern flanks of Sannine to attack the Christians in their historic mountain defences — that the road to Palestine should pass through ‘ Uyun Al-Siman , Aintura and even Jounieh itself to prevent any further threat to the Palestinian presence in Lebanon ’ . |
| 19 | Therefore , check cavity-filled walls carefully for damp patches anywhere , and ensure that they have been sealed effectively at the eaves to prevent any fumes escaping into the roof space . |
| 20 | The Times reported that ‘ the police decided by late evening that enough vehicles had arrived to prevent any further cars approaching the base . |
| 21 | They can obtain Orders from the Secretary of State ( DoE or Welsh Office ) to prevent any agricultural , or forestry , land use change for up to a year . |
| 22 | Your partner should be lying down on his or her back with a cushion or rolled up towel under the knees to prevent any strain in the lumbar region . |
| 23 | It has been estimated that , just to prevent any further warming of the Earth 's atmosphere , we need to reduce carbon dioxide production — by 50% according to Government estimates and by 80% according to environmental organisations . |
| 24 | As a result , s.107 of the public Health Act 1936 decreed that any order , in any area , declaring the trade of fish frying to be an offensive trade , should cease to have effect three years from the date of commencement of that Act ( October 1937 ) , and the trade of fish-frying was instead subjected to control by byelaws made under s.108(1) of that Act , in order to prevent any noxious or injurious effects of the trade or business on the neighbourhood . |
| 25 | It was accepted that there had been no deliberate attempt to claim for unauthorised travel , but it was obvious that the regulations had not been publicised effectively , and the section head took steps to ensure that they were more widely circulated to prevent any further occurrences . |
| 26 | Astonishingly , no law existed to prevent any of these things happening to what many people considered to be the ‘ Frontispiece to British History ’ . |
| 27 | The NRA officer blocked the outlet to prevent any further pollution leaving the site , and Laleham 's called in a contractor later that day to clean out the surface water system . |
| 28 | Once Dom Pérignon had learned how to produce a constant sparkling wine , and how to prevent any gas escaping from the bottle , through the use of a cork-stopper , the problem of breakages , a frequent occurrence , must have been acute . |
| 29 | there appears , however , to be nothing to prevent any mental patient registering in a constituency in which he is actually resident . |
| 30 | Make sure that the winding is tight and when completed , tape it to prevent any possibility of the coil vibrating or ‘ singing ’ as the current varies . |