1.  Most could be prevented by following simple safety rules or taking simple precautions.

2.  They prevent most of the underclass from being able to free themselves from welfare dependency.

3.  But that does not prevent most of us from being engrossed by the privileged who behave just as badly, if not worse, than their more threadbare brethren.

4.  That million-acre monster prompted a new national approach to fire management and fed a debate about how to prevent the most disastrous blazes.

5.  You can prevent most of this with consistent watering and apparently you are, since the problem pops up only occasionally.

6.  French peacekeepers patrolling the region have prevented most from doing so, fearing bloodshed otherwise.

7.  One reason was that the offense was so good the defense found itself playing prevent most of the game.

8.  Such threats prevent most of remaining displaced people in Kosovo from returning home.