The phrase "as essential to prevent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the importance of taking action to avoid a negative outcome.
Example: "Regular maintenance of the equipment is as essential to prevent breakdowns as timely repairs."
Alternatives: "crucial to avoid" or "vital to stop".
But Israel said that it would maintain the naval blockade, seen as essential to prevent weapons smuggling, and said all cargo bound for Gaza by sea would continue to be delivered via the Israeli port of Ashdod.
If the draft texts were accepted, the TiSA would constrain governments from implementing most of the regulations that are recognized, both domestically and internationally, as essential to prevent another global financial crisis.
In one story about breast cancer, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) was incorrectly presented as a screening tool and a new genetic test, not yet validated, was described as essential to prevent relapses.
Its authors had described the measure as essential to preventing widespread economic calamity.
He also lauded European leaders who agreed to give the E.C.B. the authority to regulate euro zone banks, a step seen as essential to preventing future bank crises.
US officials describe the assault as essential to preventing a "worst-case scenario" — a merging of the Taliban with Punjab-based militants who carried out the attacks in Mumbai.
Regardless of TB incidence in a given setting, providing accurate treatment is essential to prevent transmission as well as prevent development of drug resistance.
Proper care and maintenance of ornamental water fixtures, such as decorative fountains, is essential to prevent outbreaks of LD and can be achieved by increasing awareness among fountain operators of the importance of adequate maintenance.
In some birds, such as parrots, this is essential to prevent serious or fatal flight accidents in the indoor or caged environment.
Second, by allowing for common factors in the series, this technique controls for strong forms of cross-sectional dependence in the data such as cross-cointegration, which is essential to prevent severe size distortions in the tests—see O'Connell (1998), Maddala and Wu (1999) and Banerjee et al. (2005).
Therefore, model learning as well as learning social-emotional competence in the early years is essential to prevent problematic behavior in multi-ethnic classrooms.
