1.   It was anticipated that the anti-prohibitionist lobby would campaign hard to prevent the passage of the bill through the Chamber of Deputies.

2.   And they lifted blockades imposed on Tuesday that had cut the Gaza Strip into three zones, preventing passage among them.

3.   A blockade was set up to prevent the passage of bulldozers.

4.   But the Republican leaders in both branches have used devious tricks and strategems to prevent passage of the soft money ban.

5.   But this time the ad campaign, along with GOP efforts, to prevent passage of such legislation, may backfire.

6.   Gun control advocates were alarmed by the flip-flop and warned it could threaten enforcement of current gun laws and prevent the passage of new ones.

7.   GOP leaders denied that they are trying to prevent the passage of term limits, but they said they would not force Republicans to vote for them.

8.   In doing so, he virtually acknowledged that he and his wrecking crew lacked enough support from fellow Republicans to prevent passage of genuine reform.

9.   In many places, sheer vertical walls prevented passage to the next pool and I was forced to climb back to the top in order to follow the river.

10.   Ironically, it was a moderate Republican senator, Mark Hatfield of Oregon, whose vote prevented passage of the balanced budget amendment.