The phrase "adjustment to prevent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing modifications or changes made to avoid a specific issue or outcome.
Example: "The team implemented an adjustment to prevent any further delays in the project timeline."
Alternatives: "modification to avoid" or "change to stop".
The number of cancer cases was – despite the large total number – too small for many sub-analyses (e.g. HRT formulation subgroups), we refrained from complex adjustment to prevent unstable risk estimates, and i.e. we adjusted only for age and residency.
These experiments would have been difficult to analyze numerically without the adjustment to prevent spurious flow.
Maximum biting force was better for occlusal adjustment to prevent overloading of the most posterior implant.
Balance control systems have usually been studied under two conditions, during quiet standing or under large postural perturbations of a magnitude that requires a postural adjustment to prevent falling.
We used this adjustment to prevent the overall error rate from exceeding the nominal criterion (alpha) due to multiple tests.
Sample size increases the statistical significance of the results, whether confounded or not, thus larger sample sizes must be accompanied by better risk adjustment to prevent false discovery.
Expect the Bulls to continue forcing the Nets to hit those shots, but to make adjustments to prevent wide-open looks.
They are just figuring out, for example, that education providers must make reasonable adjustments to prevent disabled students from being placed at a "substantial" disadvantage.
The calendar required annual adjustments to prevent its drift relative to any Spring Equinox, and so to correct the misalignment of the calendar, an intercalary month was inserted at the end of February 52 BC, and Pompey was elected sole Consul for that month.
