Sentence examples for preventing independence from inspiring English sources

The Rankin Stroke Scale has five levels: (1) no symptoms; (2) minor handicap – restriction in lifestyle, can look after self; (3) moderate handicap – restriction in lifestyle preventing independent existence; (4) moderately severe handicap – clearly preventing independence, no constant attention needed; and (5) severe handicap – requiring constant attention.

China claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has vowed to wage war to prevent independence.

The mainland, he said, was willing to "spill blood" to prevent independence.

In August 1999, her island, East Timor, declared its autonomy from Indonesia, sparking a violent retaliation by militia seeking to prevent independence.

United Nations investigators and an Indonesian human rights commission found that the militia violence in East Timor was planned, supported and directed by the Indonesian military in an effort to prevent independence for the territory.

Last week, Prime Minister Zhu Rongji said 1.25 billion Chinese would be willing to "spill blood" to prevent its independence.

That would prevent an Independence candidate from siphoning away votes from Mr. Pataki, as B. Thomas Golisano did in 1994 and 1998.

Beijing's calculation seems to be to prevent Taiwan independence in the near term, then bring Taiwan "back to China," even if it takes 40 or 50 years.

Winthrop, Dudley, the Rev. John Cotton, and other leaders zealously sought to prevent any independence of religious views, and many with differing religious beliefs including Roger Williams of Salem and Anne Hutchinson of Boston, as well as unrepentant Quakers and Anabaptists were banished.

"After the decision was made, and after the despicable scenes at Tripoli airport, was I right to use my energies to minimise further unnecessary suffering for the relatives of Lockerbie victims and to prevent Libyan independence day being made into a celebration of Megrahi's return?

The toning down of language that Ms Rice and Mr Putin want only masks these deeper problems.The danger is not that Russia will prevent the independence of Kosovo or the placement of American missile defences in eastern Europe (both will go ahead, whether Russia likes it or not, Ms Rice said in Moscow).