Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] to prevent the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has put down a Commons motion condemning the Defence Secretary for ‘ the arbitrary action which he is taking to extinguish the ancient rights of common [ … ] for political reasons to prevent the women 's peace camp from continuing their peaceful demonstrations ’ . |
| 2 | Japanese engineers are also adding some flourishes , such as steel rods inside the rubber bearings to prevent the isolators deforming too much as they absorb vibrations . |
| 3 | In Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate [ 1965 ] AC 75 , HL , the company was successful in its claim for compensation against the Crown for the destruction of its installations in Burma during the Second World War , the destruction having been ordered by the commander of British forces to prevent the installations falling into the hands of the advancing Japanese forces . |
| 4 | At the Royal Show the Agriculture Minister insisted there are adequate measures to prevent the spread of disease . |
| 5 | There were more , doll-sized restraints to prevent the struggles of monkeys in response to massive trauma , sets of electrodes with a variable current supplied by a rheostat , a stock for immobilising a medium-sized dog . |
| 6 | The only thing that stands between county hall being put to good use is the Labour-controlled Lambeth borough council , which is squandering charge payers ' money on increasingly desperate but unsuccessful attempts to prevent the sale of county hall and its productive use for hotel and residential accommodation . |
| 7 | A letter of July 26 signed by 66 ( out of 100 ) senators urged Bush to take additional steps to prevent the Khmers Rouges from seizing power , including the initiation of a US development programme for Cambodia and the opening of direct contacts with the Phnom Penh regime . |
| 8 | He prayed to build on his aversion and include Ariel herself in his disgust ; it was not as difficult as before to force himself to keep his distance , because he was angry at the child 's existence , the visible emblem and consequence of their unlawful coupling , and he wanted to punish Ariel for not using her clever arts to prevent the baby coming . |
| 9 | By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level . |
| 10 | The top row is used with a pole , or slotted onto combined hook/gliders to prevent the heading from standing well above the track . |
| 11 | Protection of food and drink from contamination , for example by flies , and handwashing before touching food are basic measures to prevent the transmission of infection in food and drink . |
| 12 | There were even attempts by Anglican groups to prevent the Dissenters from enjoying the toleration they were offered after 1687 . |
| 13 | However , any suspicions as to the fate of British plutonium in the US will inevitably undermine international attempts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons . |
| 14 | But the Committee has no legal powers to prevent the release of new organisms — a power which is available to the control bodies which operate in the United States . |
| 15 | The present study was designed to test whether massive ( 90% ) PSBR would remove sufficient enteroendocrine cells to prevent the hypercholecystokininaemia of lesser enterectomies and , if not , whether the CCK receptor antagonist CR-1409 would blunt the adaptive response of the pancreas . |
| 16 | The exhibition is being organised by Common Ground , a charity , which was created in 1983 to promote new and imaginative approaches to prevent the destruction of the character and fabric of our countryside and towns , writes Joanna Gibbon . |
| 17 | A trench one to 1½m in depth is dug , and the base is lined with loose stones to prevent the roots going through to the hard soil beneath . |
| 18 | So far , filetab Support Services has tried four times to get injunctions against Ace Microsystems to prevent the company from selling Lex-11 . |
| 19 | In May , Associated British Ports sought interim injunctions to prevent the Transport and General Workers Union from calling a national docks strike after a favourable ballot of 9,400 dockers employed under the Scheme . |
| 20 | In the past , inventors have been known to rush into print with their new discoveries to prevent the military stepping in and classifying it . |
| 21 | The impression of suppressed energy which he had received as he arrived was intensified ; Peter Yeo could barely sit still and was discharging tension by moving papers on his desk , then fiddling with the Venetian blinds to prevent the sun from shining in Catherine 's eyes . |
| 22 | Incidentally , fumigation with aromatic substances to prevent the spread of infectious disease is still used in certain parts of the world , and up until relatively recently , French hospitals burnt juniper , thyme and rosemary in the wards as a disinfectant . |
| 23 | It also outlined a number of proposals that states might take into account in the drawing up of a global action plan at the February 1990 special session , including , among others : increased public information and education ; the possibility of a UN decade against drugs ; the establishment of a UN capability to provide training and equipment for national anti-drug forces ; relevant measures to prevent the laundering of drug monies and the establishment of a UN facility to gather information on this ; and development and technical assistance programmes aimed at strengthening local economies and legal systems against drugs . |
| 24 | The emergence of specialized administrative organizations as part of the apparatus of government in the modern nation-state has been accompanied by the development of democratic ideology which stresses the importance of separating legislative , executive and judicial functions to prevent the concentration of power and therefore its abuse . |
| 25 | ‘ Under the Water Act 1989 , ’ commented the magazine ENDS , ‘ the NRA 's main powers to prevent the entry of these pesticides into water sources from diffuse discharges will only be exercisable if the Secretary of State chooses to designate water protection zones in the areas concerned . |