Example sentences of "[adv] to prevent [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want rather to see the state intervene only to prevent such use of land as is clearly anti-social or wasteful , while otherwise development is guided and determined by choice and by economic forces . |
| 2 | Or only to prevent prior discovery ? |
| 3 | Exchange rates had only been adjusted as a last resort by deficit and surplus countries , and so were not used speedily enough to prevent prolonged payments imbalances and exchange rate crises . |
| 4 | The Devil is not powerful enough to prevent genuine spiritual and personal fulfilment in the church . |
| 5 | Once in place , the dividing mesh allows the water to circulate normally through the aquarium , but is still fine enough to prevent young fry from being sucked into the filter . |
| 6 | A man who wished to build a villa in Benghazi , but was frustrated by his expectation that , if he did , he would have no protection strong enough to prevent immediate expropriation , explained the collapse of his hopes for a more elegant and civilized life . |
| 7 | As Travers ( 1986 , p. 168 ) notes , the government had to set rate limits high enough to prevent legal challenges that income was insufficient to meet statutory obligations . |
| 8 | You can elect to have no backgrounds , if you 've any doubt about screen burn-in , although the scenery changes enough to prevent any chance of that . |
| 9 | However , when towing in a cross wind , the glider will tend to weathercock into wind , and the person on the upwind wing will have difficulty in pushing forward enough to prevent this happening . |
| 10 | And if so erm are we then gon na go early enough to prevent this clash ? |
| 11 | The mechanical output power per phase is simply the product of the phase current and the induced voltage ( Fitzgerald and Kingsley , 1952 ) : As the system is assumed to have an inertia large enough to prevent significant changes in velocity , the time.varying components of mechanical output power are of no interest and only the first term of Eqn . |
| 12 | He fears that his libidinal impulses and those of other people can not control the aggressive impulses sufficiently to prevent utter chaos and destruction . |
| 13 | Perched uncomfortably on the high stool , he pressed his ankles together to prevent any movement of his dangling legs . |
| 14 | Record must be handled gently to prevent bruising . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , many people seem to take it as a personal insult ( on behalf of their garden ) if one says that there are n't really any plants or flowers worth pressing , so to prevent any hurt feelings I usually try to pick a few items that are possible candidates for pressing , which seems to go down much better than completely refusing someone 's kind offer . |
| 16 | It was this version of the union treaty that was to have been signed by Russian and other representatives on 20 August , and it was apparently to prevent this weakening of central authority , particularly in military and budgetary matters , that the attempted coup was launched one day beforehand . |
| 17 | It has been estimated that , just to prevent any further warming of the Earth 's atmosphere , we need to reduce carbon dioxide production — by 50% according to Government estimates and by 80% according to environmental organisations . |
| 18 | They have to plan and act quickly to prevent any spread to other animals or humans . |
| 19 | THE Archbishop of Canterbury began a peace mission within the Church of England yesterday to prevent civil war over the ordination of women priests . |
| 20 | Likewise , the acanthocephalan worm Moniliformis moniliformis male sticks a ‘ chastity belt ’ on a female after mating , probably to prevent other males from copulating with her . |
| 21 | AGLOBAL aviation security network is needed urgently to prevent another Lockerbie disaster , which could happen at any time , an expert on international terrorism warned yesterday . |
| 22 | Just as Britain and France had fought repeatedly to prevent German competition from developing , so Germany in its turn tried to restrict Polish economic growth and rivalry . |
| 23 | The eggs can remain viable for a considerable period of time , however , and so you should dispose of faecal matter carefully to prevent any risk of infection in the garden if you have a young family . |
| 24 | Relief is given for the basic rate of tax and the additional rate of tax which was paid on the income ( TA 1988 , s677(2) ( h ) ) and also to prevent other duplications of tax liabilities . |
| 25 | The systems planning team has a particularly important role to ensure a ‘ design for integration ’ and also to prevent any delay in this integration . |
| 26 | Having heard T W Ltd 's further representations seeking extended hours for their haulage operations , the DLA confirmed that the conditions attaching to the licence renewal had been imposed solely to prevent local residents having their sleep disturbed at unsocial hours . |
| 27 | And although there are some MPs who think Clarke should go now to prevent any worse gaffes , it is only on past events rather than future possibilities that such decisions can be made . |
| 28 | If the government intervenes to ‘ peg ’ ( i.e. fix ) the exchange rate or even to prevent excessive fluctuations , the transmission mechanism will not work in the same way as we have described . |
| 29 | Greater security is attained because if a keycard is lost or stolen , the lock code can be changed very quickly and simply to prevent unauthorised access . |
| 30 | We will pay special attention to the underlying social problems in high-crime areas , particularly to prevent young people drifting into crime . |