Sentence examples similar to laws devised to prevent from inspiring English sources

Although its networks reach 100 countries in 59 languages, they are banned from distribution in the United States by a 1948 law devised to prevent the government from turning its propaganda machine on its own citizens.

Governors were devised to prevent this.

The sanctions were devised to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, which the government denies seeking.

Such rules are devised to prevent gambling on human life and are the basis for pricing life insurance.

Since the end of the 19th century, many and ingenious methods had been devised to prevent this from happening.

The measure approved on Tuesday was devised to prevent a repeat of the backroom politicking in 2008.

Both are devised to prevent the federal government from doing something it has hardly ever done: force state and local governments to overhaul low-performing schools.

We will later handle this issue when an especial provision is devised to prevent any negative cycle.

The one that he insisted the Electoral College was crucially devised to prevent?

Burning a card before the flop, turn and river cards are revealed is a precaution devised to prevent cheating.

In medicine, checklists were first devised to help prevent infections and then to make surgery safer.