And no international agreement prevents one state from selling the materials and technology to another.

That agreement prevented a collapse of the current round of trade talks.

The agreement would not however have prevented their being employed as a solicitor etc by the colonial government or local companies.

The agreement was intended to establish a way for the two militaries to talk to each other and prevent exactly this kind of incident.

Analysts said the agreement would not prevent further disputes.

But whether such an agreement would prevent a new bloodletting in Cambodia is another question.

They said such an agreement would not prevent General Noriega from running the country.

The basic agreement prevents teams from sharing medical information on free agents.

Today neither European laws nor international agreements prevent large private companies from using our personal data.

The agreements for its earlier limited partnerships prevented the firm from making hostile acquisitions.