prevent ... from
Frequency: 9.545.0 per million words
A core grammatical pattern used to specify what is being stopped from doing something.
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Examples (10)
- This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading.
- No one can prevent you from attending this meeting.
- There's nothing to prevent these guys from copying our idea.
- They took action to prevent the disease from spreading.
- The heavy snow prevented us from leaving the house.
- Security measures are in place to prevent unauthorized access from occurring.
- His injury will prevent him from competing in the final.
- We must prevent the situation from escalating further.
- A good diet can prevent many health problems from developing.
- She tried to prevent the child from touching the hot stove.