Not infrequently he has been called upon in times of emergency to prevent threatened disaster.
For instance, tie games or unfavorable weather which would prevent a game being played in one city, would throw all the games to the other city where there might be no tie games nor unfavorable weather.
Of two army corps, two divisions and one cavalry brigade are in Ireland, the greater part of which must remain there to prevent the undertaking of a German invasion through Ireland even though it brought about the longed-for freedom.
The guns should be securely placed to prevent their movement by the motion of the sea and to render feasible their use on deck.
Military history shows that an attempt to prevent a really bold landing is never successful.
The occupation of a good harbor will greatly hasten the unloading, prevent a hostile attack from the sea and add greatly to the ability of the landing corps to carry on the operations.
The cavalry will also be able to prevent an attack on the infantry, which might otherwise inflict damage hard to retrieve.
A reembarkation of the expedition corps is possible only when the battle fleet is able to prevent attack from the sea.
But the Neapolitans, even if left to themselves, would not willingly give up their independence, and Celui-ci is trying to prevent their doing so.
They would have abandoned the country, and, when that could not be obtained, they tried to prevent the creation of the port.
He hates and fears the man who set it on foot, the Archbishop of Bologna, and therefore was glad to see him expose himself, and lose all hope of the Secretaryship, but he took care to prevent the recurrence of such a scandal.
I have said enough to prevent your getting my letter.
But I ought not to talk on such matters, for I live at the bottom of a well, seeing nothing, and regretting that it is not sufficiently closed above to prevent my hearing anything.
Indeed, it takes care, by stifling their expression, to prevent their being known.
It knows nothing of the passions which influence these great, apparently slumbering, masses; indeed it takes care, by stifling their expression, to prevent their being known.
I am convinced that it alone, without the Arabs, the sun, the desert and the fever, would be enough to prevent us from colonising.
She was virtuous, if it be virtuous to persuade every one of a dozen men that you wish to favour him, though some circumstance always occurs to prevent your doing so.
We are told that Lord Palmerston threatens to prevent it as long as he is Minister.
His friends were told not to be alarmed, that no harm was intended to him, but rather a kindness; that as his liberal opinions were known, he was shut up to prevent his compromising himself by some rash expression.
Our position was in close support, and the chief difficulty was to prevent the leading lines from going too fast, and getting mixed up with the battalion in front.
In return for a horse we were each given a heavy cavalry sword, presumably to prevent us being confused with mere infantry.
He might have enough influence with the captain to prevent our securing passage on this ship.
But you had to have some means to prevent discomfort from the storage batteries!
But you couldn't prevent our leaving Holland, even if you did try good and hard.
Then here it is: If we could paint the name 'U-13' on that tub there's nothing to prevent our getting away in it!
You may throw me over, but I vow that you shall never marry this sailor, or any one else, whatever I may have to do to prevent it.
Nothing would have given me greater pleasure than a commission so bestowed, but there are circumstances that absolutely prevent my mingling in the society of gentlemen.
Nothing could be done as to his hair, which was already cut quite short to prevent its forming a receptacle for dust.
If it was only at one end we mightprevent its spreading, but it's got hold all over.
No, by Heaven; you may throw me over, but I swear you shall never marry this sailor or any one else, whatever I do to prevent it.
What was in my mind was to endeavour in some way or other to prevent her marrying another man.
We shall be rolled over and over, but if the line of men can grab us and prevent the under-current from carrying us out again, it will be all right.
All you can expect of the native levies is that they shall act as our scouts, find out where the enemy are hiding, prevent surprises, and pursue them when we have defeated them.
No, by Heaven; you may throw me over, but I swear you shall never marry this sailor or anybody else, whatever I may have to do to prevent it.
Speaking of Sir Robert Peel, I had a letter from him yesterday, written from Rome, about the Bassano Ministry, very civil and kind in its terms, in which he says that what alarms him most in this combination is that it may prevent M.
He will buy back the remains of Montrichard, and will prevent the ruin of the Chateau de Langeais.
He was elected to the States-General, and became a member of the Jacobin Club, but this did not prevent his being guillotined.
The roads themselves, cut out of the living rock and protected by encasements skilfully contrived so as to prevent infiltration of water, are perfectly smooth, wide and well protected against the dangers of this rugged country.
Her conversation was full of it, and what she says is almost always connected with scenes and persons and situations which prevent it from being trivial and make it material for serious history.
The thin veil with which this treacherous conduct is covered does not conceal it sufficiently to prevent Lord Grey himself from beginning to be embittered by it.
Talleyrand does not believe in the possibility of war except between England and Russia, and will make every effort in his power to prevent it.
The Royal Family is very anxious; they would like to prevent the King from exposing himself so much to the sun, from drinking so much sherry, from seeing so many people.
He was commander-in-chief of the insurgent fleet in 1821, beat the Turks at Patras, set fire to the ships of Ibrahim Pasha at Modon, but failed to prevent the fall of Missolonghi.
If, therefore, the blockade is not effective enough to prevent the importation of arms the Queen's cause is desperate, unless France intervenes actively in Spanish affairs.
When the National Covenant had been solemnly renewed throughout almost the whole of Scotland, every means was used to prevent the Presbyterians in Ireland from entering into it.
It is your Lordship's glory and happiness, when ye see such a blow coming upon Christ, to cast up your arm to prevent it.
The second indication (that the sinus be kept clean, so as to prevent putrefactive changes) is best carried out by the use of peroxide of hydrogen.
It is essential to place the ball of one thumb over the fissure, and that of the other directly opposite to it, in order to prevent the fissure from being torn through and the mucous membrane being stripped off.
But aside from that consideration it would be a dreadful thing for you to come to a collision; and I shall certainly do what I can to prevent it.
Measures shall be taken to prevent a recurrence of the unpleasantness of to-day," he said with becoming gravity.
To prevent this, you must cut the mouse in two by drawing your sword towards you; then all the blood will be caught on the sword, and you must make the rat lick it off afterwards.
What should prevent us from leaving this country together?
Nick had fortunately awoke in time to preventthe baboons from seizing his knife or gun.
They may oblige us to accompany them, to prevent our escape, but I will take no part in the fighting.
This would of courseprevent the spark from reaching the powder, and so render the gun useless.
Travelling early and late, the kraal was reached about nightfall on the following day; when the prisoners were consigned to the custody of Omatoko and Leshoo; who took effectual measures to prevent their escape.
She was followed instantly by the rest of the crew, who, seizing the cord, held it fast with their united strength to prevent the escape of the hippopotamus.
Having completed this, and covered them with tarpaulin to prevent damage from the broiling sun, their next task was to turn her over and examine her bottom.
All the stores were then carefully conveyed inside, the keg of gunpowder being buried in the sand to prevent the possibility of accident.
I have no doubt they had the same idea which I have entertained myself, though I thought it best to say nothing about it, that treacherous orders had been given to your guide to prevent your ever reaching Cape Town.
He added, that they must not attempt to get a sight of them now, or they would certainly spoil their pleasure that evening, and probably prevent the elephant hunt, which was to take place the next day.
Again and again I have assured you, that I am as unable to prevent the visitations of disease and drought as you yourselves are.
It requires a little practice toprevent clipping the glass as well as the paper, but for small sized prints, such as the carte, the shears have a decided advantage over the knife.
It must, however, be remembered that the lights of distant objects are greyer than those of the foreground, hence the tissue paper must be used with judgment to prevent the distant lights from appearing too white.
Take it out of the frame, and place it on a board covered with velvet or flannel, to prevent the paper shifting.
The molten silver should be turned out into an iron pan (previously rubbed over with plumbago to preventthe molten metal spirting), and immersed in a pail of water.
The edges of the black mask should be slightly turned up or kept moving to prevent the junction of the tinting and the vignette being visible.
That a certain strength of silver nitrate is necessary to prevent the albumen dissolving from off the paper.
To prevent crystallization, it is better to use ammonium, which contains a greater amount of chlorine than do sodium or potassium chlorides.
They were always on the alert to prevent surprise, and it was owing to their vigilance that we escaped so well.
They were posted in line of battle and were determined to prevent our return to camp.
It was discovered in time to prevent serious damage.
And I believe that there is no period of our literature which, when studied, will do more to preventor correct such fatuity than this very period of Early Middle English.
It is this peculiarity which has facilitated the construction of the literary pastiche called Modern Greek, and perhaps it is this which will long prevent the production of real literature in that language or pseudo-language.
Then comes Andromache's dream, the fruitless attempt to prevent Hector fighting, and his death at the hands of Achilles.
Our forefathers in framing the Constitution purposely left the question unsettled; to have settled it distinctly in the Constitution would have been to prevent the formation of the Union of the thirteen States.
I rose, and placing myself directly in front of her, extended my arm to prevent her escape.
Taken freely while the attack is on they seemingly prevent the pneumonia that so often follows.
The juice of oranges has been observed to exert such a beneficial influence on the blood as to prevent and cure influenza.
Still, during all the day, the enemy strove with artillery and infantry to prevent the laying of the bridge, but to no avail.
The field was hotly contested for an hour and a half, when our forces were obliged to fall back; but being reinforced by Rickett's division, they were able to prevent the enemy from occupying the field.
The rebels, aware of this, and designing to prevent reinforcements from going to Porter, made frequent feints all along our line.
If this were done, the rebels could easily prevent our retreat to the James river, and leave us on the banks of the Pamunkey.
My own sinful flesh and blood prevent me, that the good that I will I cannot accomplish, but remain in sin and finally be destroyed therein.
Destroy the wantonness of the infernal villain, prevent the suggestions of my perverted heart, that my holy resolution may not be hindered or entirely destroyed.
Prevent every thing which might hinder the tilling of the fields after harvest.
More might certainly be done to prevent back-door trading, and there is no more reason why area touts should be allowed to infest the streets than the lower class of bookmakers.
For Sir Matthew White Ridley said that the Act would prevent uncertainty, and the parties would know what their rights were, and that it provided a simple and inexpensive remedy and would prevent litigation.
I am sorry to put matrimony among the flat-traps, but the use of the married status among the dishonest to prevent a successful litigant from obtaining the results of a judgment brings it within this category.
The homestead laws in Canada, though not the same in every State, go much further than any laws we possess to prevent the breaking up of a home.
On the contrary the statute seems to have been carefully framed to prevent the punishment of anybody for duelling.
She did her best to shield me against harm to my soul in contact with them, but she could not preventthe contact itself.
It is doubtful that Mr. Lincoln could have concentrated a single full regiment of regulars at any point, even at risk of withdrawing from the Indian country the men absolutely necessary to prevent massacre there.
It was to prevent the weakening of that loyalty that he appealed to Aunt Polly to forbid the travel plan.
The other day he said: 'The Egyptians are serpents and the way to prevent serpents from propagating is to crush them under foot.
Button tells me that if I had persisted in going, orders would have been given to Sir Beauchamp Seymour to preventmy landing.
She was then, as now, a strong politician, and was an absolute believer in Gladstone, and she advised me to put my whole trust in him and he would certainly prevent any mischief being done to liberty.
Went to see Stanley of Alderley and urged him to see Musurus, so as to prevent any split between Arabi and the Sultan.
But it is not true as regards Seyd Kandil, who was only weak and failed to prevent it.
Our only aim is to deliver the country from slavery, injustice and ignorance, and to raise our people to such a position as shall enable them to prevent any return of the despotism which in time past desolated Egypt.
On the east of the Nile the Bedouins have exceedingly little religious feeling to prevent their siding with the infidel, if their advantage lies that way, and no love was ever yet lost between Bedouin and Fellah.
For the moment, then, Arabi must be made use of to prevent massacre.
Napier and myself favourable to compromise seeing difficulty of proving efforts to prevent burning, etc.
It is very important, particularly at this time when racial impulses and emotions have been stirred world- wide as never before, that we make the utmost effort to prevent division along these lines.
What has happened in the united States Senate to prevent its acceptance by the upper branch of the American Congress?
The Queen's servants come with stealthy feet, and Aglovale's sword snaps when he tries to prevent them from opening the door.
It is related that they even made caves in the ground in which to keep their horses every night to prevent them from being stolen by other tribes who were their enemies.
I was told afterwards that it was a put up job to prevent any change by the persons who had been handling for years this Indian educational fund, as there were a number of them in the council hall.
The United States would never be able to compel them to go west of the Mississippi, for he knew the way to prevent them from being driven off from their native land.
