Example sentences of "[noun prp] from [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Griffith added his second goal and good ‘ keeping by Andrew Sellers prevented Guillimont from reducing the deficit . |
2 | ECOMOG 's continuing presence in Liberia had prevented the NPFL from seizing the country 's capital , Monrovia . |
3 | It was reported on Aug. 8 that the interim government had instructed immigration officials to prevent members of Bhutto 's government and the PPP from leaving the country . |
4 | Middlesbrough 's on-loan keeper , Ian Ironside , made a fine save to prevent Paul Wilson from reducing the deficit with a well-struck drive . |
5 | Had the Rumbelows Cup final replay been able to be staged on April 22 then the FA would not have been able to prevent Wembley from hosting the match . |
6 | SyQuest Technology Inc lost its bid to block Nomai SA of France from selling its removable hard disk cartridge in the US : a judge in Santa Clara Superior Court denied SyQuest 's motion for a preliminary injunction barring Nomai from selling the cartridge for use in the SyQuest 44Mb and 88Mb disk drives . |
7 | While Britain had given the United States wholehearted support in Korea , she had also shown her independence by what the Americans saw as over-precipitate recognition of Communist China , and by Attlee 's personal efforts to dissuade Truman from extending the war to mainland China and from using atomic bombs to settle the conflict . |
8 | I think they can score the two goals they need , but whether their often naive defence can prevent Spartak Moscow from spoiling the party remains to be seen . |
9 | Thus Stalin prevented Poland and Czechoslovakia from attending the conference of 16 European nations , which met in Paris between July and September , and drew up a joint economic recovery programme to be financed by America . |
10 | Although Buchanan committed himself to continue the fight , he accepted that only " celestial intervention " could prevent Bush from securing the nomination . |
11 | Also song-flighting up on the moors , the less showy meadow pipit returns during April from spending the winter in places where the weather is less severe , but its cousin the rock pipit is made of sterner stuff and spends the winter in Shetland , sharing the shoreline habitat with the Shetland wren . |
12 | This prevents HF from frosting the slide and reducing its transmissivity . |
13 | But the report is disappointing , say NCC staff , because the narrow terms of reference prevented Rayner from addressing the council 's real problems . |
14 | One problem that occupied him was trying to dissuade Hanns from joining the army : ‘ Do n't do anything so foolish … it seems a hopelessly idiotic and pointless idea , and I can not understand why you want to do this ? ’ |