Example sentences of "[verb] in [noun sg] to prevent the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pilot released the cable but could not keep the glider straight , or stop in time to prevent the collision . |
| 2 | The government stated that the decision had been made in order to prevent the spiral of drug-related violence which had eventually persuaded the Colombian government to end extradition [ see pp. 37772 ; 37851 ; 38332 ] . |
| 3 | He failed to release in time to prevent the towplane from being tipped over into the ground . |
| 4 | by how much would the wages of telephone operators have to be cut in order to prevent the installation of modern , automatic switching equipment ? |
| 5 | What happened was that each of the documents comprising the abstract were listed on large abstract sheets , and a special form of shorthand was devised in order to prevent the need for each of the deeds and documents to be set out in full . |
| 6 | A dot-matrix printer generates a dot on the printed page by striking an inked ribbon with a pin ( the pin radius being inch ) whereas an inkjet printer produces a dot by firing a droplet of ink onto a specially coated paper , the coating being required in order to prevent the ink from running . |