Sentence examples for prevent street from inspiring English sources

The snow mounds prevent street parking and deter pedestrians, too.

He can probably prevent street demonstrations from coalescing into anything like the 1989 unrest.

There they joined South African activists working to prevent street violence in Cape Town to perform a peacekeeping ritual inspired by the Maori tradition.

In that article, "Blocking the Transmission of Violence," Alex wrote about CeaseFire, a program in Chicago in which former criminals — those prison-wise people around the table — try to prevent street violence by whatever (nonviolent) means necessary.

Egyptian security officials say police have been questioning residents and searching apartments at more than 5,000 homes in central Cairo as a "precautionary measure" to prevent street protests on the upcoming anniversary of the Arab spring uprising on 25 January 2011.

In the end, however, the system is limited by traffic rules, which in Jersey City prevent street-level trains from moving faster than 25 miles per hour.

All these public works basically serve to hold or soak up water during extreme rainfall events and slow its release to protect Rotterdam's sewer system from becoming overloaded and to prevent streets and other public areas from flooding.

At night, the gate is locked, preventing street loiterers from trespassing.

Mr. Sexton set up a pilot program that created distinctive stickers to be placed on cars that prevented street sweepers from doing their job.

In 1923, after a man fell nine stories from the Hotel Martinique, the New York City Council passed an ordinance preventing "street exhibitions of a foolhardy character in climbing the outer walks of buildings by human beings".

But it's hard to see how one of the world's largest armies could be incapable of preventing street battles in its own capital, if it wanted to, especially with all the formidable, U.S.-backed resources at its disposal.