Example sentences of "to prevent him from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to such severe deprivation of mental stimulation , he had to continually wear an iron mask to prevent him from tearing strips off his own sides with his teeth . |
| 2 | Carmichael states that ‘ the plant is secretly secured in the bodices of the women and in the vests of the men , under the left armpit ’ , while Martin Martin gives an account of a man in Berneray , Harris , who wore it in the neck of his coat to prevent him from seeing visions , and ‘ he never saw any since he first carried that plant about with him ’ . |
| 3 | You have to be very aware of the patient 's physical limitations in relation to his spasticity , in order to prevent him from trying to do more than he can , which would inevitably make his situation worse . |
| 4 | Encourage the patient to do the types of activities recommended for him , and try to prevent him from sitting idly , or gazing at the television . |
| 5 | Israeli officials have maintained that solitary confinement is necessary to prevent Mordechai Vanunu from other inmates and to prevent him from revealing further classified information , including details of his abduction , which was illegal according to international law . |
| 6 | This buys them an extra round while Thadeus hesitates , in which time they must come up with something more to prevent him from attacking after this initial hesitation . |
| 7 | She dug deeper into the flesh of his lower back and buttocks , raising her hips to press him deeper into her still , her sex tightening around his cock as though to prevent him from leaving her unspent . |
| 8 | In other words , they demand that he give a lead ; meanwhile , however , countless obstacles are placed in his path to prevent him from actually exercising leadership . |
| 9 | The president and his senior staff shared a fervent conviction that legislators , administrators and the national media were resolutely opposed to all that Richard Nixon stood for and were determined to prevent him from making a reality of his policy intentions . |
| 10 | He first requested leave of absence from court to stay with the dying earl at Wilton , in order to prevent him from giving his inheritance elsewhere . |
| 11 | Section 38(1) allows this : ( I ) if necessary to substantiate a name or address ; ( 2 ) if the custody officer has reasonable grounds for believing this is necessary : ( i ) for the suspect 's own protection ; ( ii ) to prevent him from causing physical injury to any other person ; ( iii ) to prevent loss or damage to property ; ( iv ) to ensure his appearance in court ; ( v ) to prevent interference with the administration of justice or with the investigation of offences ; ( vi ) juveniles can also be detained in custody if the custody officer believes this to be in the juvenile 's own interests . |
| 12 | In The Young Stepmother ( 1861 ) Charlotte M. Yonge represents Mr Kendal as a positive recluse within his study ; and even when his lively second wife contrives to drive him out of it into her morning-room , she has to prevent him from turning that room too into a ‘ literal boudoir ’ , by which she seems to mean ‘ a place to sulk in ’ . |
| 13 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 14 | The blue was a flyer , wings trimmed to prevent him from going too high in the action ; he got up in a sudden whirr of fury , looking for a brain blow , but gaffing the dun bird in the breast . |
| 15 | To prevent him from making a comeback after his deposition , his successor , Mustapha IV , had him strangled in 1808 . |
| 16 | Alexei thrust past Jehana and kicked the dwarfs legs from under him , then stood over him , a foot planted on his chest to prevent him from escaping again . |
| 17 | The mention of Devenish should unsettle the man , but it was vital to prevent him from thinking too hard . |
| 18 | She was already within arm 's length , only the door standing between them to prevent him from reaching her , and she clearly suspected nothing because she was moving in and as her hand passed close to the glass , he could see it in vivid pastel detail . |
| 19 | The powerful aggregates industry is already leaning on him hard to prevent him from doing so . |
| 20 | The powerful aggregates industry is already leaning on him hard to prevent him from doing so . |
| 21 | to restrict the buyer 's remedies ( e.g. to prevent him from rejecting the goods and to confine him to damages for breach of condition ) ; |
| 22 | Anything to divert his attention , to prevent him from labelling her with the cruel names she 'd last heard on Marcus 's tongue . |
| 23 | She made no attempt to prevent him from taking her into his arms , gave no sign that she knew of his presence . |
| 24 | But though everyone acts for himself , his knowledge of what others are doing is supposed to be generally sufficient to prevent him from taking a lower or paying a higher price than others are doing . |
| 25 | On Oct. 23 V. P. Singh ordered Advani to be arrested under the Internal Security Act to prevent him from entering Uttar Pradesh . |
| 26 | Brown 's unpredictability and his refusal to endorse Clinton led to attempts by senior members of the party to prevent him from addressing the convention . |
| 27 | The intensification of attacks on the character of Clinton included fresh revelations that an uncle of his might have attempted to use his influence to prevent him from being drafted for service in Vietnam . |
| 28 | Fujimori accused Gen. Salinas of having attempted to organize an unpublicised coup in July 1990 to prevent him from coming to office . |
| 29 | So when the Wigan colliers threatened in 1792 to throw down the engines , they were seeking both to pressure the mine owner and to prevent him from reworking the pit with " blackleg " labour , also the likely object of Cornish miners who pulled up the ladders in a dispute of 1795 . |
| 30 | What more could she say to prevent him from carrying out his plan to move out of the village ? |