"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Bush administration has been trying in recent months to prevent Congress from imposing tough trade restrictions on China.
- If public money is not provided, Buckley prevents us from imposing serious reforms.
- Some airports officials have said that only the assumption of Government opposition was preventing them from imposing rush-hour charges.
- This reality, however, does not prevent her from imposing the romantic illusion on her life.
- They said picketing was still necessary to prevent companies from imposing unfair contracts.
- In Colorado, state colleges have adopted a version of the bill "voluntarily" to prevent the legislature from imposing even tougher rules.
- That would prevent states from imposing their own tougher rules.
- This prevented the Crown from creating arbitrary taxes and imposing them upon subjects without consultation.
- The tribe brought suit to prevent the state from imposing those taxes.
- Such a ruling by the board would not immediately prevent the city from imposing its final offer.
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