Sentence examples for were preventing from inspiring English sources
verb
To stop; to keep (from happening).
- I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow.
Iraqi officials said militants were preventing residents from fleeing.
Big blue fences were preventing me entering this particular landscape.
He and other settlers with rifles and handguns were preventing Palestinian drivers from using the road.
The prime minister denied the coalition's austerity measures were preventing the family getting more help.
He also claims that Clegg's criticisms were preventing the Gove team from implementing reforms.
Mr. McGee thought the milk proteins were preventing the flour proteins from holding together.
"I wanted to understand more about the gatekeepers who were preventing the access to medicine.
At first, navy officials believed that deformed deck plates around the hatch were preventing a tight lock.
The government said the police were preventing a provocation to Muslims at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
But the MPs said: "We could find no convincing evidence that ELQ students were preventing access for first-time undergraduates".
The White House also said that Iraqi paramilitary forces were preventing relief supplies from reaching Basra in southern Iraq.
