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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are prevented" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is used to indicate that something is prevented or stopped from occurring. For example: "The building of new homes in this area are prevented by local zoning laws."
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Some outfits are prevented from trading swaps.
Other users are prevented from establishing accounts.
Its leaders are prevented from talking to one another.
We are prevented by the royal charter," he adds.
Staff are prevented from selling their shares for three years.
Medicines, vaccines and food are prevented from entering the country.
More crimes are prevented by lawful citizens lawfully protecting themselves with firearms than are prevented by the police.
Then, we devise experiments wherein these circumstances are prevented.
Pulmonary complications are prevented with adapted techniques for bronchic obstruction.
Efficient firms are prevented from taking over sluggish ones.
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Under the current law, candidates are prevented from defaming the character of other candidates.
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