Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to prevent the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The object of designing a national common core was in part to raise overall standards and in part to prevent the wastage of resources involved in each of the 22 NACAB areas designing its own basic training course . |
| 2 | Now if the decision-making process consistently advances policies which unfairly benefit or disadvantage certain groups it does not seem desirable in principle to prevent the courts from reviewing the fairness of that process by confronting the background policy issues involved . |
| 3 | The liberal vote there almost collapsed to nothing erm while the liberals obviously voted labour tactically in order to prevent the Conservatives from A grabbing the ward , and B erm removing the leader of the council which would have been , which is what they were obviously angling for . |
| 4 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 5 | The chick 's beaks are removed with a hot knife when they are just a few days old in order to prevent the savage pecking which often occurs in densely populated factory farming environments . |
| 6 | Under that section , the constable would be empowered to seize only if it is ‘ necessary ’ to do so in order to prevent the evidence being concealed , altered , lost or destroyed . |
| 7 | 685 , where , as a result of there being no quorum at a half yearly meeting of a licensing court , the meeting could not be adjourned under the existing legislation and the Court of Session had to intervene by virtue of its nobile officium in order to prevent the expiry of certificates due for renewal at the meeting . |
| 8 | In order to prevent the kind of abuse of animals which has happened in other areas of livestock production the RSPCA commissioned Doctor Brian Bertram , an expert on ostriches to look into how to farm the birds humanely . |
| 9 | by how much would the wages of telephone operators have to be cut in order to prevent the installation of modern , automatic switching equipment ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ] . |
| 12 | In order to prevent the company from being sold beneath the management 's feet , it is essential that the parties agree an exclusive period of time during which the vendor agrees not to negotiate with third parties . |
| 13 | In order to prevent the art market from being flooded , the rest will be donated to institutions , such as hospitals , who do not themselves have a separate budget specifically geared to the acquisition of works of art . |
| 14 | In order to prevent the seasons getting out of phase , a thirteenth month was inserted from time to time , but there was no regular system for the intercalation of this additional month until the fifth century BC , when seven of these months began to be inserted at fixed intervals in a cycle of nineteen years . |
| 15 | When the Duke of Montrose arranged for his own appointment as bailie of the regality of Glasgow in the winter of 1714/15 , in order to prevent the office from being obtained by his rival the Duke of Argyll , the object was not to make money out of the profits of the court but to increase the duke 's influence in the city of Glasgow . |
| 16 | Inland , too , there was disorder when the ‘ Rising of the Tinners ’ led to rioting in Liskeard as bands of tinners invaded the town in order to prevent the transport of corn . |
| 17 | In an opening address to the conference , Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke stressed that APEC had no " hidden agenda " and was a genuine attempt to encourage " open , multilateral trade " in order to prevent the world economy from fragmenting into " defensive trading blocs " . |
| 18 | In order to prevent the display from scrolling , you must not write to the last column of the last row . |
| 19 | Robbe-Grillet has chosen these stereotypical exotic and erotic images precisely in order to prevent the reader from constructing a ‘ meaningful ’ world . |
| 20 | Just as solicitors acting for the wife , where the matrimonial home stands in the husband 's sole name , will have given advice concerning the registration of a Class F Land Charge or a notice ( if registered land ) ; so , where the home stands in the joint names of husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants , will they have advised on severance of that joint tenancy in order to prevent the husband acquiring the whole property by operation of law in the event of the wife 's death before the determination of the matrimonial proceedings ( see Barton v Morris [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 1032 ) . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A key aspect for the Bundesbank will have been the acceptance by the unions of the need for moderate pay increases in order to prevent the slide into an inflationary spiral . |
| 23 | As pits become deeper they must also become wider in order to prevent the sides from becoming so steep they are unstable . |
| 24 | The pilot released the cable but could not keep the glider straight , or stop in time to prevent the collision . |
| 25 | He failed to release in time to prevent the towplane from being tipped over into the ground . |