Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [vb infin] prevent the " in BNC.

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1 In more advanced bryozoans of the Mesozoic to Recent individual zooids have become specialized for particular functions — some have become totally modified to curious , snapping structures looking remarkably like miniaturized parrot heads , which may function to prevent the settling of larvae of unwanted alien organisms on the bryozoan colony .
2 In particular , they pointed to two barriers which might exist to prevent the full employment equilibrium from being reached : lock of investment and the liquidity trap .
3 Earlier the inquiry had been told that a four-platform layout for Newton , which could have prevented the tragedy , had been discounted on grounds of cost by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive .
4 What the verdict of ‘ lack of care ’ presupposes is that some other persons had at least the opportunity of rendering care ( in the narrow sense of that word ) which would have prevented the death .
5 There is no Sixth Amendment guaranteeing the right to ‘ a speedy and public trial , by an impartial jury ’ , which would have prevented the trials without jury which have existed in Northern Ireland since the 1970s .
6 The same day it transpired that an additional factor had been the judge 's decision to dismiss " public interest immunity " certificates which had been signed by four senior ministers and which would have prevented the disclosure of certain information about the case .
7 The court heard that a simple safety device which would have prevented the tragedy , was n't properly fitted .
8 Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton disaster .
9 Questioned by the procurator-fiscal , Andrew Normand , British Rail 's director of operations at the time , Terence Worrall , admitted that had the sheriff 's deliberations been fully taken into account , additional safety procedures would have been introduced which would have prevented the Newton accident .
10 That meant that a proposal , which would have prevented the collision , for four new platforms at Newton had been scrapped .
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