Example sentences of "[noun] which would prevent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chevron also introduced new measures — popularly known as shark repellants — to prevent an unwanted takeover , introduced a new rule which would prevent Pennzoil from calling a shareholders ' meeting and asked the courts to approve its actions . |
| 2 | The vice-chairman , Fred Boyd , called on the Republic 's government to take action which would prevent Ulster firms from ‘ under-pricing ’ supply contracts in the Republic . |
| 3 | KUWAIT was in the thick of battle last night as leading oil producers tried to hammer out a deal which would prevent prices collapsing when winter demand drops . |
| 4 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 5 | Against the background that people expected support for an elderly person to be reciprocated in some fairly immediate way , the pressure to exclude older people from the labour market was accompanied by a pressure to give them some independent means of support which would prevent their having to rely on their children or other relatives . |
| 6 | Mr Brown has urged the Prime Minister to introduce rules which would prevent ex-Cabinet Ministers from taking private posts which may have been connected with their work as Ministers for a period of at least two years after leaving office . |
| 7 | Loyalist opposition was minimal ; Major Ronald Bunting 's Loyal Citizens of Ulster had threatened a counter-demonstration but this was banned by Minister of Home Affairs William Craig , and the RUC sealed off the stairways to the top of the walls and erected barriers which would prevent any clash . |
| 8 | It is quite reasonable for a purchaser to assume that a vendor who sells land for a particular purpose will not do anything to prevent its being used for that purpose , but it would be utterly unreasonable to assume that the vendor was undertaking restrictive obligations which would prevent his using land retained by him for any lawful purpose whatsoever … |
| 9 | The CDU had wanted to change to a system of simple majority votes in constituencies , a move which would prevent the National Democrats winning seats but which would also destroy the FDP . |
| 10 | If it is only our climate which would prevent an expanded leisure industry from being successful , we should surely look at ways of doing something about it . |
| 11 | Yet because they are aware of the nature of market forces , they are willing to consider regulations which would prevent anti-competitive practices and restrictions on access to the means of communications . |
| 12 | However , although only a minority affected by it develop microcephaly and other conditions associated with mental handicap , it is common and attempts have been made to develop a vaccine which would prevent potential damage . |
| 13 | Otherwise , successful inventors would have an entrenched entry barrier which would prevent competition from other firms or new entrants for all time . |
| 14 | He hoped they could come to an arrangement which would prevent the dishonour of his claiming its protection . |
| 15 | Further up the chain there may be an exclusion clause which would prevent any contract action . |
| 16 | Luckily he was sitting in a grandfather chair with sturdy arms which would prevent his falling , so I removed the soup bowl , turned his head on one side and rushed out of the front door , picking up our ‘ frog horn ’ on the way . |
| 17 | It was as Everett had feared — the Golden Share was being seen as a kind of sterilization pill which would prevent a takeover and a profitable union . |
| 18 | Anti-whaling forces at the annual meeting in Kyoto do not have sufficient support for a French proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the southern ocean which would prevent the Japanese from resuming commercial whaling . |
| 19 | The US Cuban anti-Castro lobby pushed for further measures , supporting a bipartisan bill currently before Congress which would prevent foreign-based subsidiaries of US companies from trading with Cuba . |
| 20 | Indeed the years immediately before 1789 saw in some of the greatest European monarchies ( most notably in Prussia ) a growing demand for the drawing up of fundamental laws which would prevent the ruler from behaving in an arbitrary manner , particularly by increasing the importance of legal institutions . |
| 21 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 22 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 23 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We want a pay deal now to solve all our problems and a formula which would prevent us from taking action in future . ’ |
| 25 | De Klerk stressed the need for " built-in guarantees and mechanisms which would prevent South Africa from falling into a one-party state or being delivered into the hands of an irrational dictator " . |
| 26 | The approaches to the education of children with special needs , culminating in the 1981 Education Act , are equally applicable to pupils with defective vision , some of whom will be included among those pupils who are defined as having learning disabilities significantly greater than the majority of their peers , or as having some disability which would prevent them from having their needs fully met without special educational adaptations or modification to their curriculum . |
| 27 | The matter was discussed in Commercial Plastics Ltd v Vincent [ 1965 ] 1 QB 623 where it was said : It is clear from the authorities that the plaintiffs were not entitled to impose a restriction which would prevent the defendant from using in competition with the plaintiffs the skill and aptitude and general technical knowledge acquired by him in his employment by the plaintiffs . |