After this they went on board the several ships in that harbour and struck their yards in order to prevent them from proceeding to sea.

The fact of an attempt upon the king didn't prevent his own planned defection from proceeding on schedule.

Seiga, with the help of Yoshika, battles the heroine to prevent them from proceeding.

And therefore in any civilized society the government is going to have to take some measures to prevent division of labor from proceeding to its limits.

"Marches and loud voices will not prevent us from proceeding along the road drawn by the state to solve the problem."

Nor is it certain whether her approval of a settlement would prevent the states from proceeding with their own antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft.

This however does not prevent individual countries from proceeding on their own and introducing more stringent regulations.

The date of the parliamentary election was approaching, and the government resolved to prevent Lucas from proceeding to the poll.

Pacific Gas & Electric expressed disappointment at that decision, but said it would not prevent the company from proceeding with the project.