Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] from so [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not even decide its own procedures ( and has been prevented from so doing by the Conseil Constitutionel ) . |
| 2 | Although SDPJ leader Takako Doi had wanted to field more candidates she had been prevented from so doing by pressure from sitting socialist members of the Diet . |
| 3 | Landowners , farmers ( and local authorities ) naturally use the land they control to maximum advantage , so of course , they build flood banks to prevent flood damage and can not be prevented from so doing . |
| 4 | Although the case for dividing indecent assault into two degrees is not overwhelming — it would be stronger if the maximum penalty were higher than ten years — there would undoubtedly be certain advantages to be derived from so doing . |
| 5 | Until 1983 building societies were prevented from so doing . |
| 6 | Altogether Baldwin , like most Prime Ministers who succeed a member of their own party during a Parliament , felt that he would be happier and stronger if he could make his own Cabinet afresh , and yet was inhibited from so doing . |
| 7 | Perhaps he really did want to cut loose and was restrained from so doing by Maman , who would have regarded it as disloyal . |