Sentence examples for wished to prevent from inspiring English sources

At the time, they were amateur photographers and it was in this capacity that they wished to prevent any misunderstanding; neither had yet published a book.

He also said that Jordan, with its Sunni majority, wished to prevent Iran, a nation of Shiites, from exerting undue influence in Baghdad.

Joseph wished to prevent the body from hanging on the cross overnight and to secure for it an honourable burial, thereby offending Jewish Law, which allowed only a disgraceful burial to the executed.

They wished to prevent its extravagant expansion but the BBC is now free on every media platform and has the biggest website in the UK, to the chagrin of press publishers.

Unfortunately he fell foul of Elizabeth in regard to "prophesyings," or meetings of clergy for mutual edification and study, since he wished to regulate and continue them, whereas she wished to prevent their meeting.

In 1987 he was a member of the judicial committee of the House of Lords when, in a judgment that anticipated the present-day celebrity injunctions, it was held to be pointless to grant or continue an injunction when the information the plaintiff wished to prevent becoming public knowledge was already in the public domain.

Anyone who wishes to prevent New Zealand winning the 2007 World Cup has to stop McCaw first.

Critics wish to prevent individuals from supplementing NHS care with additional, privately funded treatments.

Do we wish to prevent the spread of anti-American jihadi terrorist groups?

"Russia only wants to keep Ukraine on a lead … Putin wishes to prevent the final decay of Soviet Union".

Our news media's desire for transparency in government clashed with Iraqis' wishes to prevent their countrymen from being degraded.