Example sentences of "from [verb] more [subord] a " in BNC.
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1 | These overwhelmingly negative attitudes prevent many people from seeing more than a grey head . |
2 | To test whether recognising the land beneath is essential to them in finding the way , opaque contact lenses were fitted to their eyes which prevented them from seeing more than a few yards ahead . |
3 | Plus he 's English , which is very important in European games when the UEFA ruling prevents you from fielding more than a couple of non-nationals . |
4 | We 've got five weeks discouraged from taking more than a fortnight at a time . |
5 | He had obtained the auctioneer 's catalogue only a day before the sale and the purported effect of the clause was to relieve the sellers from telling more than a part of the material facts , thereby obliging the buyer to check the remainder for himself . |