1.   A temporary restraining order to prevent the dealers from interfering with the Esprit lease was denied by the court earlier this month.

2.   Britain plans to address this, but only in part, by preventing arms dealers from selling weapons to countries on which the United Nations has arms embargoes.

3.   Last year, Ford did not disclose new-vehicle prices until the models were introduced, preventing dealers from taking orders.

4.   Some say federal regulations and enforcement are needed to prevent fossil dealers from disposing of specimens valuable to science.

5.   Some university paleontologists have argued that commercial dealers must be prevented from pilfering valuable fossils from federal land.

6.   The new rules allow dealers to advertise wherever they choose, whereas carmakers may now prevent dealers from advertising outside their prescribed territory.

7.   Mishcon de Reya, the legal firm that acts for the fund, has registered her image as a trademark to prevent unauthorized dealers using it to make money.

8.   On Wednesday, the company said it had simply attempted to prevent Italian dealers from selling cars to unauthorized subcontractors.

9.   Under the reform package, automakers would no longer be able to prevent dealers from selling different makes on the same premises or require them to provide onsite servicing.

10.   Under the new rules, automakers would no longer be able to prevent dealers from selling different makes on the same premises or require them to provide on-site servicing.