Sentence examples for was able to prevent from inspiring English sources

Crucially, however, Wiesenthal was able to prevent Eichmann's wife from having her husband officially declared dead.

But he was able to prevent them from once more dividing his kingdom.

Nevertheless, Greece was able to prevent EC recognition of the republic.

In most towns of Umbria and Lazio (Latium) the papacy was able to prevent their establishment.

If the Fixed Term Parliaments Act was able to prevent an early dissolution, it would be harmful.

He also shows how Britain, by brandishing naval power, was able to prevent America from taking over British Columbia.

But the European Union, with twenty-eight votes, came out unanimously against the measure and thus was able to prevent the uplisting.

In 1992, when a new county party secretary, Liu Huating, tried to audit the grain bureau, Mr. Hao was able to prevent him from seeing the books.

What struck many of us, sitting in the temple of technology, is that no amount of technology was able to prevent the Boston bombings.

Lithium was able to prevent ELS-associated changes in the brain (Husum and Mathé 2002).

Moringa was able to prevent the chromatolysis, distortion of the cerebellar cortical cells and neurobehavioural deficit.