Sentence examples for prevented several from inspiring English sources
"We have prevented several attacks.
Mario Monti, the European commissioner for competition, has already prevented several big mergers.
Hamas prevented several hundred Fatah delegates in Gaza from travelling to join the meeting.
The city prevented several artist squats from disappearing by buying the buildings.
The global "war on terror" declared by George Bush displaced al-Qaeda and prevented several serious attacks.
Likewise, Senate Republicans prevented several Clinton nominees to senior posts in the Justice Department from even being brought up for confirmation votes.
The difference of a few points could prevent several thousand premature deaths.
It will need to figure out how it can use one crisis as an excuse to prevent several more.
It effectively prevents several of Disney's most lucrative cartoon characters, for example, from becoming public property in the next several years.
The S.E.C., battered by its failure to identify or prevent several major frauds in recent years, is eager to re-establish its credibility as an enforcer.
It is a matter of pride among German authorities that they have been able to swoop in and detain suspects, preventing several plots from being carried out.
