Example sentences of "[noun pl] from [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | At that time , most concern was being shown towards preventing farm animals from falling into the hole in the ground . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Any oval space , providing it was well fenced to prevent animals from leaping into the spectators , would have served . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | ‘ These factors do discourage shoppers from coming to the centre . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | They are being used by multinationals and cartels to prevent us and other Third World nations from cutting into the developed world 's profits . ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Secondly , the member states ' power to exclude certain vessels from sharing in the utilisation of their national quota , as recognised by the court in paragraph 25 of the judgment in Ex parte Jaderow Ltd. , at p. 222 , stems from article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/83 , which provides : |
15 | The Bank of England submits that the section 39 notice does indeed override the injunction , on the assumption ( which the Bank of England does not accept ) that the injunction itself when properly construed precludes the defendants from complying with the section 39 notice . |
16 | Following the lead of a municipal councillor and amateur photographer named Lampue , who had written an open letter to Monsieur Berard , Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Fine Arts , in the Mercure de France , a Socialist deputy , Monsieur Jean Louis Breton , demanded that measures be taken to prevent the Cubists from exhibiting at the Salon d'Automne : ‘ It is absolutely inadmissible that our national palaces should be used for manifestations of such an obviously anti-artistic and anti-national kind . ’ |
17 | This would certainly deter many parents from proceeding with a second child . |
18 | Other children are now being banned by their parents from going to the park in Bannockburn . |
19 | When she was allowed through to the nave she discovered dancers rehearsing a performance and robed guides discouraging visitors from proceeding to the site of St Thomas 's shrine because their passage disturbed the troupe . |
20 | Existing trade barriers prevent third world countries from developing to the point where they can afford to implement high environmental standards , the report argues . |
21 | Prevent plants in containers and hanging baskets from drooping during a long hot summer by adding water-retentive gel , such as Broadleaf P4 , to the compost . |
22 | Until the middle of last year firms wishing to adopt them were in danger of falling foul of the Companies Act , which prohibited companies from assisting in the purchase of their own shares . |
23 | The United States has threatened to ban EC companies from bidding for a range of government contracts from 22 March if the EC does not drop a three per cent pricing preference for domestic over foreign suppliers in public utility contracts . |
24 | Security forces blocked the miners from advancing towards the main Istanbul-Ankara highway . |
25 | A long plateau in which the never-ending surrealism of pain muted down into boredom and there was Jo laughing bravely , veiling her fear and doing great lines from Gone with the Wind in a deplorably bad imitation of a southern black accent . |
26 | Firstly they prevent the bacteria that cause urine infections from sticking to the skin cells in the bladder and urethra . |
27 | Although revenues from consulting in the UK declined during 1991 , he said that there was steady growth throughout 1992 , and sales remained at 1991 levels overall . |
28 | MCC bosses had hoped to deflect the rebels from insisting on the meeting , which will cost £17,000 and may well have to be held at a huge venue like Westminster Hall , by offering to pass on their views on the Gower affair to the selectors and the TCCB in an unprecedented letter of protest . |
29 | Tilt the condensation tray at one end to prevent the water droplets from falling on the leaves and spoiling them . |
30 | MANAGEMENT at Timex in Dundee failed yesterday to win a court order to prevent sacked workers from gathering near the factory gates as employees are bused in . |