At the time, American law prevented couples from adopting more than two foreign children.

At the time, federal law prevented any family from adopting more than two foreign-born children.

Only an absence of funds prevented the Senate from adopting this proposal.

Only political inertia prevents us from adopting a national health insurance system like every other industrialized country in the world.

And nothing in the statute prevents the agency from adopting a view of safety that would avoid such harm.

The agencies also frequently impose financial requirements that prevent low-income families from adopting.

This will prevent Member States from adopting a vanguard position in the difficult search for solutions.

This does not however prevent us from adopting it and leaving the Council the option of choosing one or the other.

He wanted to prevent states from adopting tough new air pollution standards for small engines of the type made by the company.