Example sentences of "prevent from [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The backlog of homeowners prevented from moving by the recession in the housing market has increased , according to a survey today . |
| 2 | But on his recent visit to the Mission base he was prevented from meeting with the newly contacted group . |
| 3 | A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb . |
| 4 | Hau 's appointment was due to be confirmed by the National Assembly on May 25 , but he was prevented from speaking to the chamber by protesting opposition legislators . |
| 5 | The above mentioned insiders , that is , individuals connected with a company , individuals contemplating making a take-over , and tippee traders , are not only prevented from dealing in the relevant securities , but are also subject to two further constraints : first , counselling or procuring any other person to deal ; and secondly , communicating inside information to any other person . |
| 6 | She complained of being prevented from helping in the house — ‘ You 'll tire yourself out ’ — or from going out in cold weather , and above all , of not being taken seriously . |
| 7 | The individual is prevented from commenting on the inconsistencies in that if he attempts to do so , he is met by condemnation that increases the confusing bind ( Bateson et al. , 1956 ) . |
| 8 | Equally flawed is the idea that it is possible to legitimate the power of corporate managers by structuring the internal division of power in the company so that the managers are prevented from deviating from the narrow path of profit-maximization . |
| 9 | In contradistinction to the indolent paupers who sponged off the Poor Rate and exploited pay make-up , and the hard-working landless town dweller who also suffered , he further cited the most respectable portion of the peasantry who were prevented from rising above the nominal low price of hire , so that the wage level ‘ must soon fall too low to allow the most abstemious worker to maintain himself . |
| 10 | Word got out on that , and they were prevented from getting onto the market . |
| 11 | As the blood tries to flow backwards , the pockets fill up , closing the valves so that blood is prevented from flowing in the wrong direction . |
| 12 | It will no doubt investigate what was the substantial cause of the employee 's failure to comply with the statutory time limit ; whether he had been physically prevented from complying with the limitation period , for instance by illness or a postal strike , or something similar . |
| 13 | Until at last there was only one Callanish eagle left , a juvenile whom the others had sought to protect and so had prevented from joining in the fighting even though she had wanted to . |
| 14 | PAMELA overhears some of the ensuing scene but is prevented from interrupting by the CARDINAL and the FOX ] |
| 15 | Mozart was particularly angered when on one particular occasion he was prevented from playing to the emperor and was thereby deprived of a fee equal to half his annual salary . |
| 16 | Buckby wrote to every head teacher in Cleveland last year seeking support after Langbaurgh runner Adam Mead , the county champion , was prevented from running in the English Schools because the departure date of a school skiing trip was brought forward 24 hours . |
| 17 | Three years later , another new ‘ Bluebird ’ was prevented from going for the record by floods at Lake Eyre , Australia , a delay which brought much criticism of Campbell from his backers , led by Sir Alfred Owen . |
| 18 | It was ridiculous that highly trained personnel were prevented from going to the Gulf because of their jobs . |
| 19 | However , US relief workers who flew into Tehran on June 25 with medical supplies and food were reported to have been prevented from going to the affected provinces , while Kayhan , one of Iran 's largest-circulation newspapers , accused the USA of being mean with its aid and of hoping to reap diplomatic benefits by offering " one or two million dollars " . |
| 20 | Despite denials that efforts to block challenges to Bush were being co-ordinated from either the White House or the Republican Party 's national leadership , Duke threatened to contest the presidential election as a third party candidate if he was prevented from campaigning for the Republican nomination . |
| 21 | The worried son of a deceased benefice-holder mobilised two great magnates , one of them well-placed at court , to ensure his succession to a beneficium non grande when he himself was prevented from coming to the palace . |
| 22 | Incapacitation means simply that the offender is ( usually physically ) prevented from re-offending by the punishment imposed , either temporarily or permanently . |