Sentence examples for had long prevented from inspiring English sources

He said existing laws had long prevented university students from being actively involved in a "significant aspect of the democratic process".

The tremors that had long prevented the nun from driving and writing vanished almost immediately.

With the power of the federal government now engaged, African-Americans began registering in Alabama and other states that had long prevented them from voting.

The size of the HIV capsid, or shell, combined with its irregular shape, had long prevented scientists from simulating the full capsid structure with adequate resolution.

Japanese fishing villages have long prevented overfishing in local waters by using versions of harbor gangs.

That has long prevented any workable alliance with the other main opposition group, the Chinese-led Democratic Action Party. Chinese-led Democratic Action Party

An obstacle of America's own making has long prevented comprehensive negotiations over weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.

The notorious difficulty of elucidating structures of membrane transporters by crystallography has long prevented our understanding of active transport mechanism coupled with ion/proton transport.

By now my father, too, must see what his romanticism has long prevented him from seeing: Armenia is not free, not independent, not united.

Apart from buying oceans of Iranian crude, China has benefited from the gradual withdrawal of European oil companies from Iran; unilateral American sanctions have long prevented American outfits from working there.

MOSCOW — When Russia's president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, abruptly dismissed Moscow's powerful mayor last year, he violated a "keep your friends close but your enemies closer" precept that has long prevented the rise of dangerous opponents in Russian politics.