Example sentences of "be [vb pp] from [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slavering foxes will be stopped from trotting down 30 miles of tunnel by ten-foot fences , electric ‘ stun mats ' and being shot with humane killers . |
| 2 | Courtney must be stopped from carrying out more despicable crimes . |
| 3 | [ 'Kinship defenders ' ] also feel that insufficient work is carried out by social workers on the rehabilitation of separated families , while at least some of the ‘ society-as-parent ’ school seem more aware of situations where rehabilitation is attempted inappropriately , and perhaps foisted on an unwilling parent , and feel that social workers should be discouraged from holding out unrealistic hopes of restoring the child . |
| 4 | Some leading MEPs believe an alliance with reform-minded MPs must be struck if leaders like Mrs Thatcher are to be prevented from setting up an economic and monetary union , which is essentially uncontrolled by any democratically-elected body . |
| 5 | How could the eggs be prevented from drying out and how could tadpoles develop out of water ? |
| 6 | But under contracting regulations , companies would have to match current pay and conditions and may be deterred from taking on Westminster employees . |
| 7 | Even if you can not reach any gardens or nurseries to see roses in action and have to rely on catalogues and lists , there is a great deal of enjoyment to be derived from weighing up the pros and cons and in the anticipation of the pleasures to come , just like choosing a holiday from the glossy brochures . |
| 8 | Most firms are still organised to exploit the efficiencies to be gained from breaking down work into a sequence of specialised tasks , an approach first described by Adam Smith in his famous account of production in a pin factory . |
| 9 | There is a lot to be learnt from standing back and observing the way a child plays with shape and form , but it may be that the child will want to talk about it afterwards , or ask for help to find particular shape materials as he works . |