Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.

It is the people who can, and must, prevent crime, maintain order and exercise social control as a concerned community in every neighborhood.

If they were, the auditor can then figure out why the controls to prevent this failed.

Moreover, the report said, the company's internal controls often did not prevent, or in many cases even detect, these problems.

Continuous operation requires precise control of all elements to prevent immediate collapse.

It also required corporations to establish controls to prevent bribery.

Through most of China's history, strict controls prevented large numbers of people from leaving the country.

The Commission's internal control did not prevent the cases of mismanagement and irregularities that have recently been uncovered.

Without this, the administrative controls must prevent any meaningful intervention.

The Government says its control of a majority of production prevents black marketing.