The crystalline structure also prevents people from using earth sorcery to modify it.

The whole structure of the manor-born way of life prevents us from hurting each other; we're always safe.

Probably these structures prevented the tumbling down of the nearby edifices.

Their structure prevents them from being carried great distances by wind.

However, the structure of the Trust prevented them from applying for certain funds and grants, and was wound up in 2001.

A suitable inner structure prevents the model from collapsing from age or stress.

However, the nature and structure of film prevents an apples-to-apples comparison with regard to resolution.

The Soviet government's structure prevented objective or accurate pictures of internal and external reality.

Critics said that this structure prevented the company's buyers from responding quickly to changing customer tastes.

Its structure and language may prevent not just the voice from being heard, but feelings from moving to ideas and into speech.