(1) When my wife and I were mugged someone got a police officer in no time but we should be trying to prevent the attacks happening.

(2) Locks won't prevent a determined burglar from getting in

(3) Action must be taken to prevent further accidents

(4) Anything that can prevent a tragedy from happening should be carefully adhered to.

(5) Ultimately, it was unable to prevent the Soviet invasion of the Baltic states in 1940.

(6) New security guidelines and technology are being put in place to prevent a similar problem happening again.

(7) To prevent sb from doing sth

(8) Unable to prevent the sliding, the authorities had no choice but to abandon the project.

(9) The prime focus for us is to prevent them happening in the first place.

(10) The union was unable to prevent the strike, but it is instructive to look at how it was conducted.

(11) But her experiences made her determined to prevent the same thing happening to others.

(12) And he made an impassioned plea for changes to be made to prevent a similar tragedy happening again.

(13) Each is a tragedy, and it is right to seek solutions to why it happened, and to try to prevent them happening again.

(14) Window locks won't prevent a determined burglar from getting in

(15) To compound matters he was unable to prevent the club from being relegated last season.

(16) Several neighbours rushed to help the Brownes but they were unable to prevent the men escaping.

(17) We rang all our news outlets to explain the difficulties to them and are doing all we can to prevent the same thing happening again.

(18) It may involve going to Pearson Airport to try to prevent a deportation from happening.

(19) There's nothing in anything that was done last night that prevents us from filibustering somebody that's extreme.

(20) Worsening eyesight prevents her from seeing the screen easily and lately she has been reading with the aid of a magnifying glass.