"It's cost effective and prevents you from being held hostage by city employees," he said.

Ordinarily, this card simply takes up space in someone's hand, preventing them from holding better cards.

As you all know, the authorities tried very hard to prevent us from holding this conference, but we were determined to go ahead with it.

Cambodians fear that the long delay will prevent a trial from ever being held.

But another law still prevents most Syrians from holding overseas bank accounts.

For the last seven years her exhaustion prevented her from holding a job.

He also enacted laws preventing political party members from holding any key posts in the bureaucracy.

An important issue is why Jesus prevents Mary from touching or holding him.

However, want of occupation troops prevented the Union Navy from holding the area.

"We won't join the new Parliament, and we will try to prevent it from holding its session."