Sentence examples for half preventing from inspiring English sources

Simms said he incurred the wrath of his offensive coordinator, Marty Mornhinweg, because he took a sack deep in Eagles territory in the closing seconds of the first half, preventing the Jets from at least attempting a field goal.

It rained for the next day and a half, preventing battle.

Two weather delays totaling nearly an hour and a half prevented the entire field from finishing before dark.

Altogether, both C3Nef and autoantibodies against either C3 convertase components or CFH stabilize the convertase and prolong its half-life, preventing its dissociation and degradation and thereby resulting in uncontrolled alternative pathway activation in the fluid phase (Fig 7).

But against Adelaide, the Mariners set up more reactively, looking to sit back in their own half and prevent spaces opening up in midfield.

24 min: Juan cynically handles the ball mid-way inside the Brazilian half to prevent Cristiano Ronaldo from latching on to a long ball over the top.

Cut off artichoke stems, peel them with a vegetable peeler, rub them all over with remaining lemon half (this prevents browning) and drop them into water.

Escobar batted.288 with 16 homers, 67 runs batted in and 24 stolen bases, despite being told not to steal for much of the first half to prevent injury.

The country (formerly Rhodesia) will be remembered as an anachronism -- a place where a white minority of 225,000 people, 3% of the population, managed for a decade and a half to prevent the remaining 97% from attaining political power.

The Terrapins limited the Red Storm to seven shots in the first half and prevented St . Johns from getting a shot on a goal until the 35th minute of play.

Although it was Dale who had the better of the threat, it was home keeper Frank Fielding who produced the best two saves, one late in the first half to prevent an own goal and another in the second half to deny Stuart Lewis.