Sentence examples for be prevented at from inspiring English sources

It is almost common sense to agree that such an attack should be prevented at all costs, and the rights of one immoral person are worth considerably less than the lives of thousands of innocents.

We discuss voter fraud with a conservative who argues that it must be prevented at all costs, and with a political scientist whose research shows that it barely exists.

In a speech Monday at a conference in Washington, D.C., Melinda Gates said that pregnancy and childbirth often "end in tragedy" in poor countries, but that most of the deaths could be prevented at a "stunningly" low cost.

Montaigne lived in an era when standards of evidence were being relaxed for witchcraft trials, because – as his contemporary Jean Bodin influentially argued – witches were uniquely strong at resisting interrogation, yet their planned crimes were uniquely dangerous and must be prevented at all costs.

In doing the latter we necessarily construct a kind of edifice of self-delusion and false belief, and this edifice can become so important to our psyche that its collapse is synonymous with the collapse of the psyche, and must therefore be prevented at all costs.

Secondly Fordow's heavy defences mean it would be very hard to destroy with air strikes, leading the Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, to claim that once Iran had completed the plant it would have entered "a zone of immunity", which would have to be prevented at all costs.

If procedures had been followed, health officials said, the overdose could have been prevented at several different points.

They want their homes back and yet they have been prevented at every turn by Britain from returning to them.

Intrusion from other pigeons is prevented, at first by threat displays involving sleeking the plumage, stretching the head forward, and partially raising the wings.

Sibelius had intended to be present at the March concert, but was prevented at the last moment from coming over; this time Mr. Bantock was fortunate enough to secure him.

He practiced hundreds of heart transplants in puppies over the previous four years, and had planned a human operation the previous year, but was prevented at the last minute because the donor infant had not been declared brain-dead.