Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [v-ing] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal was not satisfied that this amounted to a binding agreement , but held that even if it did , it would have been rendered void because it would have been an agreement purporting to preclude the employee from presenting a complaint to a tribunal . |
| 2 | To prevent the inevitable ‘ sticky fingers ’ brigade from damaging the aircraft , the instrument panel has been covered with perspex . |
| 3 | This is because it was important to prevent other people on either side from using the quarrel as a pretext to pursue their own ends , to justify their own thieving and homicide . |
| 4 | The existing treaty , signed in April but not yet ratified , included a clause preventing either side from joining an alliance against the interests of the other . |
| 5 | Similarly the court in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis took note of the duration of a restrictive covenant in a former employee 's contract of employment in determining how long it would restrain the defendant from using an index of customers removed from his former employers . |
| 6 | It would appear from the sequel that Lady Barbara would have been more reckless and that it was Hornblower 's caution which prevented the friendship from becoming a romance . |
| 7 | The next key question is whether such a strategic pricing policy will deter the rival from entering the market by offering it at most a zero NPV . |
| 8 | This might indicate , in turn , that the initial company could afford to price a little above 20 per cent over average cost and still prevent the rival from entering the market . |
| 9 | On the assumption of a two-firm market and that a rival would not enter the market if it faced zero NPV , NPVs were calculated for investment by the price-setting firm based on the limit prices needed to prevent the rival from entering the market and the cost levels that could be achieved by moving down the experience curve . |
| 10 | Even with the property market at its height — I do not need to remind the House that it is not at the height at the moment — British Rail would not be able to cover the £1.4 billion capital cost out of its profit from property development or out of revenue from running the trains . |
| 11 | These companies could earn revenue from continuing the business data services which BSB previously offered . |
| 12 | Such an ‘ abuse ’ was exemplified by the courts in Wheeler v. Leicester City Council where the City Council ( which had adopted an anti-apartheid policy ) banned the Leicester Rugby club from using a Council recreation ground because three members of the club had joined an English touring side to South Africa . |
| 13 | In Wheeler v. Leicester City Council ( N. L. , 1985 ) following the decision of four members of Leicester Rugby Club to tour South Africa , the Local Authority , landlords of the club 's ground , banned the club from using the ground for a year because they were dissatisfied with the club 's response to its members ' actions . |
| 14 | It seems that Manners was anxious to press ahead with building as quickly as possible in an attempt to pre-empt the Opposition from changing the scheme if they returned to power . |
| 15 | It has argued that a total ban on sex may be unnecessary ; it would prefer to have rules that prevent a lawyer from bullying a client to have sex . |
| 16 | Some hoped that Mr Najibullah 's demise would bring an end to the country 's 13-year civil war and prevent the fighting from reaching the capital , but one radical Muslim rebel group threatened to attack Kabul anyway . |
| 17 | The extremely dichotomous nature of this criterion , with its abrupt switch from maximising the objective to complete disinterest , is open to objection , but such criteria have found favour with some modellers . |
| 18 | Mr Rifkind said Labour 's policies would ‘ deny people in the North-East from having a choice and would harm the region 's interests . ’ |
| 19 | One would not think that that was Labour 's intention from reading the document ’ London United ’ issued by the Labour party , but one would know it from reading the draft of that document which the Labour party did not dare publish . |
| 20 | They 're just taking a well-earned break from publicising the Lifeline Africa Appeal that 's just been launched by the Northampton-based charity , World Vision . |
| 21 | Ryan was just putting the final touches of white emulsion to Tosh 's paws when his father came back , having had a quick break from painting the two-year-old 's room . |
| 22 | In the car park between the Questura and the prison Palottino had taken a break from polishing the Alfetta to chat to a pair of patrolmen . |
| 23 | The General Board may dispense any professor from discharging the duties of his office during one term ( i.e. a term of sabbatical leave ) for every six terms of qualifying service , provided that ( i ) qualifying service shall normally accumulate up to a maximum of eighteen terms , from which six terms are deducted whenever a term of leave is granted , and ( ii ) not more than three terms of sabbatical leave shall be granted in any one period of three years . |
| 24 | This kick gains its effect from having the whole of the body weight behind it . |
| 25 | ‘ This year we have already been told the reason we have had three surges higher than anticipated was because of the bath-tub effect from closing the Thames barrier , ’ she said . |
| 26 | The working principle is that obstructions are built into the lock to prevent the wrong shape of key from working the mechanism , and similar designs of lock are still use today ( although it has been suggested that the Romans were not able to invent a lock that could be operated from both sides of a door ) . |
| 27 | If we are to prevent the industry from repeating the mistakes of the past , we should seek ‘ more imaginative investment strategies that promote the more efficient use of capital ’ . |
| 28 | How can I prevent a secondment to industry from disrupting the learning of my students ? |
| 29 | It has been suggested by Carrington and Edwards ( 1981 ) that inefficiencies in the banking system and in the capital markets have prevented industry from obtaining the finance it requires for investment . |
| 30 | If necessary , use a shield to prevent stray light from reaching the detector . |