Sentence examples for be powerless to prevent from inspiring English sources
Its architects may be powerless to prevent its collapse.
If the tribe obtains federal recognition, the state and the Town of Southampton will be powerless to prevent it from building a casino.
Since then Mr Bakri Muhammed had repeatedly warned that the foreign policy being pursued by the UK would lead to retaliation by Muslims in the West and states would be powerless to prevent this.
But the firm claims to be powerless to prevent sales by middlemen and says the suggestion of adding an "end-use" clause to its sales contracts would not be "viable".
"No community should have to bear the burden of another community's polluters, or be powerless to prevent air pollution that leads to asthma, heart attacks and other harmful illnesses," Ms. Jackson said.
It may even be the case that Superman embraces this universal status to tackle the one dilemma that faces us all and which even he may be powerless to prevent: global warming.
Scotland Yard said it was powerless to prevent the protest provided it remained a "static demonstration".
The goalkeeper was powerless to prevent Jancker sweeping the ball home to an unprotected goal.
Germany were powerless to prevent Spain exploiting passing opportunities for the speedy Torres to gather.
Horror is essentially a passive genre: terrible things happen, and you're powerless to prevent them.
