1.   At the time, the country prevented citizens from having any relations with the outside world.

2.   Passing laws that prevent citizens from taking out their savings only intensifies the confidence crisis.

3.   The high cost of medicines in poor nations prevents many citizens from receiving health care.

4.   And there is nothing in the First Amendment that prevents private citizens from spending their own money as they see fit.

5.   Belgian law does not prevent its citizens from holding a Luxembourg account, so long as it is declared to the authorities.

6.   Do we physically prevent citizens in high-risk areas from fleeing their communities with their children, even though they themselves may already be infected?

7.   In early April, President Bush asked Congress to give listing authority exclusively to his administration and prevent citizens from filing lawsuits to protect plant and animal species.

8.   Income tax rates are adjusted for increases in the CPI to prevent citizens from paying too much.

9.   Republicans countered that the higher levels would prevent citizens on welfare from bringing in their relatives.

10.   The Internal Revenue Service set it up to prevent citizens from using a deduction for foreign taxes to offset U.S. income.