Example sentences of "[conj] prevent [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In s.18 the prosecution must prove that the accused acted with intent to do some GBH or resist arrest or prevent apprehension or detainer . |
| 2 | Thus , for eurobond firms London has offered a pool of suitably trained labour ; in recent years , low levels of personal and corporate taxation ; a reasonable tax regime for financial instruments ( e.g. ability to issue bearer eurobonds that effectively pay interest gross and absence of turnover taxes — a particular handicap for the Swiss ) ; a supply of suitable premises ; the absence , since 1979 , of exchange controls ( although initially exchange controls were seen as an advantage , since eurobonds did not interfere with onshore sterling markets ) ; prudential and monetary regulations that have not historically tended significantly to raise the cost of funds , distort or prevent competition among domestic or international intermediaries ; English law ( widely accepted as a basis for international financial business ) ; the English language ; and political stability . |
| 3 | As the service tunnel is driven probes are used to test the ground around the heading and remedial work is undertaken where necessary to strengthen the ground or prevent water penetration . |
| 4 | They are also assigned or denied privileges to limit the types of access open to them — this can restrict access to particular directories or prevent users deleting files . |
| 5 | It 's impossible to destroy the House Dust Mite population ( or prevent reinfestation ) completely . |
| 6 | Certainly there is a need to present a case , lobby for support , orchestrate a debate , negotiate or prevent negotiation , convince other parties and implement successfully . |
| 7 | These include technical specifications which hinder or prevent trade in goods ; rules and regulations governing services which hinder non-domestic companies from trading across frontiers ; discriminatory public procurement rules which limit tendering for government contracts to domestic companies , and legal obstacles faced by foreign companies seeking to set up subsidiaries in other member states . |
| 8 | A situation develops in which department heads gain extra resources or prevent cuts in their allocation because of their micro-political skills , rather than because of their departmental needs . |
| 9 | Individual landowners are , however , under no pressure to sell and in fact may wish to retain land in its present use and , where a key site is concerned , may delay or prevent development of adjoining land . |
| 10 | In the second case the land speculator with capital may acquire land With hope value land which may control or prevent development of adjoining land such as sight lines or access points , and key parcels of land which may ultimately form part of a larger site . |
| 11 | Which is to keep or prevent coalescence I think er probably ask Mr to comment on that . |
| 12 | They would also be useful in requiring odour emitters to install equipment to reduce or prevent emissions . |
| 13 | The Association would call upon all local authorities which have instructed their librarians to restrict or prevent access to materials , either on grounds of personal prejudice or a desire to ‘ protect ’ public morality , to reconsider the principle on which the public service is provided , and to recognize the necessary discretion that their professional staff should be allowed in providing a comprehensive service for users . |
| 14 | In addition , the Directors are responsible for taking reasonable steps to safeguard the assets of the Group and to detect or prevent fraud . |
| 15 | Its main task was not to detect or prevent crime , but to maintain order on public occasions , perform guard duties and apprehend well-known criminals . |
| 16 | Since the purpose of the criminal justice system is to deter or prevent crime , inhumane prison conditions must be inconsistent with the broader aims because they seem likely to lead to further crime . |
| 17 | The Government have failed to tackle or prevent crime . |
| 18 | Does he understand that , while he may postpone or prevent debate on such matters in the House , outside he will be called upon to justify his incompetence ? |
| 19 | To discover what difference the action project made ( that is , whether it delayed or prevented admission to an institution ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved the physical , emotional or mental well-being of dementia sufferers or their carers ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved family relationships ; whether it increased , decreased or had no effect on people 's receipt of statutory or other voluntary services ) . |
| 20 | Seasonal conditions which inhibited or prevented travel on the roads have been made much of by historians , but the mushrooming growth in scheduled services after 1760 is testimony to a substantial improvement in this respect . |
| 21 | Cold inhibits or prevents plant growth and slows down chemical processes in soils , prolonging the period of maturation . |
| 22 | The Secretary of State may add to this list and has more general powers to ensure that local authorities do ‘ not act in a manner having the effect or intended or likely to have the effect of restricting , distorting or preventing competition ’ ( s.4(5) ) . |
| 23 | On the other hand , if the hiring organization does not itself contemplate commercially exploiting the software or preventing others from using it , then it is important that a term is included in the contract granting a licence for the continued use of the program . |
| 24 | Many systems make background assumptions about enabling or preventing access . |
| 25 | Once the structure is complete , it 's difficult to prevent sounds passing from one part to another , or to prevent sounds entering or leaving the building . |
| 26 | Prosper Avril and the installation of Ertha Pascal-Trouillot as interim President [ see pp. 37313-14 ] soon evaporated as the new administration proved unable to counter violence and corruption or to prevent tensions developing between the President and the Council of State , amid fears of increasing organization by pro-Duvalierist elements . |
| 27 | For three centuries , however , an incident of landownership has been effectively the sole right to shoot deer on that land , either for sport or to prevent damage . |
| 28 | In the future , it may be feasible to ablate the gall bladder by thermal or chemical injury or to prevent gall stone formation by altering bile metabolism . |
| 29 | An attempt was made in Parliament to restrict the power to intercept for security reasons to cases where this was necessary for the defence of the realm or to prevent subversion , terrorism , or espionage — still wider than the guidelines but much closer to their spirit than the statute . |
| 30 | Hypertension is but one among many diseases , and progress has been made similarly in developing new drugs for regulating or adapting other parts of the body : drugs to strengthen the heart , to promote formation of blood , to help blood to clot or to prevent blood from clotting , to aid respiration , to increase the flow of urine , or selectively to increase or to diminish the amount of some selected component , to prevent conception or to promote fertility , drugs to stimulate the production of hormones or to block their actions , drugs to influence some particular aspect of the metabolism , and so on . |