Sentence examples for keep from participating from inspiring English sources

This nation, as much as we like to talk about it being a democracy, was at its inception as concerned with which residents it wanted to keep from participating in its democratic experiment as it was in the experiment at all.

Acute pain is common after cardiac surgery and can keep patients from participating in activities that prevent postoperative complications especially respiratory complications.

The one element that would probably keep me from participating is that the spaces are vulnerable.

Unlike dealing with enforcement cases, her prior work for financial firms will not necessarily keep her from participating in rule-making about a subject involving a former client.

The prohibitions on trade, travel and investment are now working against other stated goals of American policy: They keep Americans from participating in a process that helps the Cuban people today and prepares them for a more capitalist future.

The Taliban, he said, were able to outmaneuver the government because they were well financed, were skilled at propaganda, and were even paying political candidates opposed to them in the tribal areas to keep them from participating in elections.

Many analysts say the arrest of Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi in May was intended as a pretext to extend her house arrest, which was due to expire that month, to keep her from participating in next year's election.

But city officials say there is another sizable group of families who do not seem to have any reason that their caseworkers deem serious enough to keep them from participating in the welfare-to-work effort.

Feelings of uncertainty neither keep students from participating in classroom dialogue nor impair the quality of their contributions.

The absence of significant interaction effects between AAD and situational uncertainty in all regression models suggest that feeling unsure does not systematically keep students from participating in classroom dialogue and does not impair the quality of their contributions.

Does the prospect of being misunderstood on Twitter keep you from participating in the digital dialogue?