31.   Russia has previously insisted that it has taken adequate precautions to prevent chemical and biological weapons from falling into the wrong hands.

32.   Security officials have said recently that they are taking precautions to prevent terrorist actions throughout Russia, especially in large cities.

33.   The accord also requires governments to take precautions to prevent blinding by other legitimate laser systems, such as range finders and targeting devices.

34.   The logging also caused a lot of environmental damage as the loggers did not practise selective logging and did not take precautions to prevent erosion.

35.   They note other Asian leaders took speedy precautions to prevent the virus from entering their countries.

36.   To avoid another fiasco, NASA added staff, did extra checks on software and took precautions to prevent a repeat of the English-metric mix-up.

37.   With many Taiwanese travelling frequently to Hong Kong, the island has taken stringent precautions to prevent the spread of the flu.

38.   He acknowledged concerns about the safety of the US troops in an unpopular mission but said the United States was taking every precaution to prevent clashes.

39.   Albanian opposition parties met Thursday in Pristina and asked the international community to take emergency precautions to prevent the conflicts from exploding.