Example sentences of "[noun] from [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently , a claim by an employer based on breach of confidence has failed as it was perceived to be an attempt to prevent the employee from working in the same field by offering his skill to another employer . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |
| 3 | Although the Government have already banned Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams from travelling to the Commons to address MPs Glasgow district council says it wo n't stop Thursdays meeting because the city has a policy of freedom of speech . |
| 4 | The troublesome lamps flank the couch , where constituents sit and watch their congressman appear and disappear ; and the only thing that saved Orton from rushing to the floor to cast phantom votes when his clock buzzer went off was the fall-back alarm system , a personal bleeper . |
| 5 | The plaintiffs made an application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendant from disclosing to the regulatory body or to the revenue its confidential information or documents . |
| 6 | They were Article 12 , prohibiting former members of Nazi organizations from serving in the Austrian armed forces ; Article 13 , prohibiting Austria from possessing special weapons ; Article 14 , on the disposal of war materiel of German or Allied origin ; Article 15 , on co-operation in preventing German rearmament ; Article 16 banning the acquisition of civil aircraft of German or Japanese design ; and paragraph 13 of Article 22 , banning the return to German or foreign ownership of former German assets . |
| 7 | At that time , most concern was being shown towards preventing farm animals from falling into the hole in the ground . |
| 8 | He reported that if a house caught fire nobody attempted to put it out because they were all concentrating on protecting the cats , forming up in lines to prevent the panic-stricken animals from running into the flames and burning themselves . |
| 9 | Any oval space , providing it was well fenced to prevent animals from leaping into the spectators , would have served . |
| 10 | It has declined to lift restrictions that would prevent the beneficiaries from voting on the proposals , which are supported in respect of 79 p.c. of the ordinary shares and 92 p.c. of the convertibles . |
| 11 | Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels . |
| 12 | Like Roquefort ( see p96 ) , most blue cheeses are wrapped in foil to prevent any skin or crust from forming on the cheese . |
| 13 | Mexico was also the object of early Comintern interest : Moscow was keen to promote Communist activity in Mexico in order to distract the United States from intervening against the Soviet Union , and dispatched Mikhail Borodin in 1919 partly to achieve this end . |
| 14 | The duty of external non-intervention prohibits States from interfering with the valid performance of treaties that do not affect their own rights and obligations . |
| 15 | In July 1833 Russian and Turkish representatives signed the Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi , a defensive agreement under which St Petersburg promised to assist the Turks in times of crisis and Constantinople promised to prevent warships from passing through the Dardanelles . |
| 16 | That might be a necessary protection in order , e.g. , to prevent a cheque obtained by fraud from getting into the hands of an innocent holder , who would be in better position than the original party to the fraud . |
| 17 | Dr Morris writes : Spots and threads in our visual field are very common after the age of 30 , the result from ageing of the vitreous gel — the ‘ jelly ’ which fills nearly all of the eyeball . |
| 18 | She believes that it prevented many Labour supporters from registering on the electoral roll ( in the hope of avoiding payment ) , thus depriving Mr Kinnock of a large number of votes . |
| 19 | Contemporaries believed that the riots which occurred at elections were frequently caused by " hired gangs " employed by one of the parties to prevent their opponents ' supporters from coming to the poll . |
| 20 | ‘ These factors do discourage shoppers from coming to the centre . |
| 21 | According to Dr D.W.F. James , the then Director of the Polytechnic of Wales , the government 's decision was a reflection of its desire not to rock the boat and was connected with arguments about the Welsh language , arguments which had already saved Bangor Normal College from merging with the University College of North Wales so that it could develop as a Welsh medium teacher-training college . |
| 22 | Now at this point I want to sort of take a break from looking at the development of the Communist Party to looking briefly at the peasantry because although the peasantry have been in the background for much of the time , we have n't actually looked in any detail , so far , at the condition of the peasantry in China . |
| 23 | RADIOHEAD , manic depressive Oxford rockers , who recently released their highly-praised ‘ Creep ’ single , take a break from guesting on the current Kingmaker tour to play their own headline show at |
| 24 | In fact , they are so contaminated with PCBs alone that , under Canadian law , their corpses must be treated as toxic waste to keep the poisonous chemical from returning to the environment . |
| 25 | Later in the season , when aquatic plants are approaching maturity , wind protection will be invaluable in preventing the taller marginal subjects from toppling into the pool . |
| 26 | They are being used by multinationals and cartels to prevent us and other Third World nations from cutting into the developed world 's profits . ’ |
| 27 | To lay a path or drive simply excavate the area to a depth of about 6in ( 150mm ) , or 8in ( 200mm ) on soft clay soils , and ram in a 6in thick layer of hardcore or hoggin , covered with a thin layer of sand to prevent the gravel from sinking into the sub-base . |
| 28 | The early skills were brought by French exiles , lured by high rates of pay or driven out by religious persecution ; labour was provided by the considerable fund of casual workers who dragged a living from squatting in the woods and heaths . |
| 29 | By preventing interested third parties from inquiring about the status of transactions , including shipments , the notice function of the registry was minimized , and its role in the business world may have been diminished . |
| 30 | In 1980 , three ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shops opened in Atlanta , Georgia , Baltimore , Maryland and Costa Mesa , California , and Laura derived great pleasure from travelling to the West Coast to attend the opening of this shop . |