Examples of 'was to prevent' in a sentence
Meaning of "was to prevent"
This phrase is used to describe the intention or purpose behind an action or decision. It suggests that the action or decision was taken in order to avoid or stop something undesirable from happening
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Another aim was to prevent and combat discrimination.
The reasoning behind this was to prevent forgery.
Our job was to prevent them for escaping.
It has been suggested that this was to prevent infanticide.
The aim was to prevent financing for terrorism.
And the primary objective was to prevent desertion.
This was to prevent distortion of some patterns.
The slit exhaust was to prevent fires.
This was to prevent you from repaying him.
Its primary goal was to prevent panic.
This was to prevent spoilers from leaking out.
The object of the invention was to prevent these disadvantages.
This was to prevent over conversion to dimethyl succinate.
His main objective was to prevent more violence.
It was to prevent the man from coming back to life.
The purpose of the experiment was to prevent these deaths.
His goal was to prevent people from migrating.
The object in constructing me was to prevent war.
The main aim was to prevent an attacker breaking in.
One of the original goals of antitrust law was to prevent this.
The aim was to prevent the nobles.
One reason for having reeded edges was to prevent counterfeiting.
His goal was to prevent the rise of challenger.
Originally the aim of the activities was to prevent teenage pregnancies.
Its goal was to prevent espionage by encouraging secrecy.
I thought the whole point of quotas was to prevent diminishing stocks.
Its rôle was to prevent the advent of life on earth.
The purpose of the piling barriers was to prevent or hinder shipping.
The aim was to prevent excessive monetary tightening.
The prison manager said that this was to prevent publicity.
Their intention was to prevent cruelty to domesticated animals.
For causing pain when all he ever wanted was to prevent it.
The purpose was to prevent from those defects.
One of the original goals of the antitrust laws was to prevent this.
The goal was to prevent a third global conflict.
The traditional use of honey bush was to prevent hunger pains.
The purpose was to prevent a concentration of media ownership.
The reason for the implementation of this law was to prevent fire.
This was to prevent witches grabbing my ankles.
Now what was most important was to prevent accidents from happening.
This was to prevent any further family line of descent.
The aim of permanent isolation was to prevent contact with other detainees.
This was to prevent a rapid growth in population.
The purpose of this exercise was to prevent you from torturing yourself.
This was to prevent it from being toppled over by strong winds.
The conference was to prevent terrorism.
First was to prevent the illegal importation of foreign breeds of horses.
A tight encirclement of the area was to prevent communist units from retreating.
This was to prevent anyone from seeing us together.
The most common reason for consumption was to prevent postpartum depression.
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