Sentence examples for hardly prevent from inspiring English sources

The crowds became increasingly hysterical, and troops could hardly prevent some of them from surging into the prefecture.

Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said: "If some intend to use force at all cost... we can hardly prevent that from happening.

"If some intend to use force at all cost... we can hardly prevent that from happening," he told a news conference in Moscow.

Current treatments for DMD are symptomatic and significantly improve longevity and quality of life but hardly prevent loss of muscle function [ 6].

Guidelines and standards based on a biopsychosocial self-management approach (like the Dutch care standard on COPD [ 26]) can hardly prevent the problem of focusing on the disease rather than on the patient.

The requirement that candidates take responsibility for their ads is intended to reduce outright lies (though it hardly prevents them) and provide accountability.

Such measures are plainly discriminatory and protectionist, but they have hardly prevented big U.S. corporations from making inroads into the Chinese markets.

Republicans pointed out that lack of backing from Mr. McConnell had hardly prevented Democrats from forging ahead with other bills, and they were fuming about Mr. Reid's maneuver.

Government attempts to alter behavior through speech restrictions tend to be ineffective — in France, laws against anti-Semitic speech have hardly prevented spikes in anti-Semitic threats and violence.

Government attempts to alter behavior through speech restrictions tend to be ineffective in France, laws against anti-Semitic speech have hardly prevented spikes in anti-Semitic threats and violence.

Lovely fruity desserts, chunky pecan pie, tender chocolate cake and homemade ice creams, though delectable, hardly prevented us from snapping up those scrumptious little cheesecake bonbons and wishing for more.