“The annulling power of the constitution prevented that enactment’s becoming a law.”—­O.  B. Peirce’s Gram., p. 267.  “Which prevents the manner’s being brief.”—­Ib., p. 365.  “This close prevents their bearing forward as nominatives.”—­Rush, on the Voice, p. 153.  “Because this prevents its growing drowzy.”—­Formey’s Belles-Lettres, p. 5.  “Yet this does not prevent his being great.”—­Ib., p. 27.  “To prevent its being insipid.”—­Ib., p. 112.  “Or whose interruptions did not prevent its being continued.”—­Ib., p. 167.  “This by no means prevents their being also punishments.”—­Wayland’s Moral Science, p. 123.  “This hinders not their being also, in the strictest sense, punishments.”—­Ibid., “The noise made by the rain and wind prevented their being heard.”—­Goldsmith’s Greece, Vol. i, p. 118.  “He endeavoured to prevent its taking effect.”—­Ib., i, 128.  “So sequestered as to prevent their being explored.”—­West’s Letters, p. 62.  “Who prevented her making a more pleasant party.”—­Ib., p. 65.  “To prevent our being tossed about by every wind of doctrine.”—­Ib., p. 123.  “After the infirmities of age prevented his bearing his part of official duty.”—­Religious World, ii, 193.  “To prevent splendid trifles passing for matters of importance.”—­Kames, El. of Crit., i, 310.  “Which prevents his exerting himself to any good purpose.”—­Beattie’s Moral Science, i, 146.  “The want of the observance of this rule, very frequently prevents our being punctual in our duties.”—­Student’s Manual, p. 65.  “Nothing will prevent his being a student, and his possessing the means of study.”—­Ib., p. 127.  “Does the present accident hinder your being honest and brave?”—­Collier’s Antoninus, p. 51.  “The e is omitted to prevent two es coming together.”—­Fowle’s Gram., p. 34.  “A pronoun is used for or in place of a noun.—­to prevent repeating the noun.”—­Sanborn’s Gram., p. 13.  “Diversity in the style relieves the ear, and prevents it being tired with the too frequent recurrence of the rhymes.”—­Campbell’s Rhet., p. 166.  “Diversity in the style relieves the ear, and prevents its being tired,” &c.—­Murray’s Gram., i. p. 362.  “Timidity and false shame prevent our opposing vicious customs.”—­Murray’s Key, ii, 236; Sanborn’s Gram., 171; Merchant’s, 205.  “To prevent their being moved by such.”—­ Campbell’s Rhet., p. 155.  “Some obstacle or impediment, that prevents its taking place.”—­Priestley’s Gram., p. 38.  “Which prevents our making a progress towards perfection.”—­Sheridan’s Elocution, p. 4.  “This method of distinguishing words, must prevent any regular proportion of time being settled.”—­Ib., p. 67.  “That nothing but affectation can prevent its always taking place.”—­Ib., p. 78.  “This did not prevent John’s being acknowledged and solemnly inaugurated Duke of Normandy.”—­HENRY:  Webster’s Philos.  Gram., p. 182; his Improved Gram., 130; Sanborn’s Gram., 189; Fowler’s, 8vo, 1850, p. 541.