Mankind can prepare for but not prevent the kind of natural calamity that struck Japan in March and Christchurch earlier this year.
Unless and until leaders lead, and we hold ourselves to a higher standard, more regulations will close this barn door, but not prevent a future calamity.
Friedel guessed correctly but could not prevent Lawrence scoring the first Premier League goal at the Britannia Stadium.
Jones scored for the first time since 1 January but could not prevent the Potters losing 3-2 at White Hart Lane.
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Blake overcame his edgy opening to claw back one of the breaks but could not prevent Hewitt from taking the first set.
Today we pay doctors and hospitals to treat diseases and injuries but not to prevent them from occurring in the first place.
In MS, beta-interferon, the most effective treatment produced so far, holds back the number of attacks but does not prevent eventual disease progression.
Shearer took temporary charge of the Magpies with eight games remaining of the season but could not prevent their relegation to the Championship.
The settling snow made the conditions under foot difficult for the players, but did not prevent the two sides from creating some pleasing passing moves.
Sporting gradually increased the pressure and Howard made an instinctive save from Moutinho but could not prevent Veloso from stabbing the ball home from six yards.
After all, the carnage of the first world war left an indelible impression on the next generation of European politicians but did not prevent a further war from erupting 21 years later.
Mr Le Berre, 28, originally from France but now living in London, said he remembered pulling on his brakes but could not prevent his knees hitting Mr Sandeman's canopy and tangling their parachute lines.
On 59 he hooked Siddle to the square-leg boundary, Shane Watson took the catch but realising he was heading over the rope he parried the ball upwards but could not prevent it going for six.
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"The government's massive fiscal boost may prevent the downturn in economic activity being as severe as would otherwise be the case but it will not prevent a sharp jump in unemployment over the coming year, " said Simon Rubinsohn of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
But this did not prevent him becoming a huge favourite among colleagues and rivals alike.
We all look for good news but it should not prevent us from doing a bit of due diligence.
Home Secretary Theresa May authorised a blanket ban on marches in Bradford, but this did not prevent Saturday's "static" demonstrations.
After all, it could argue that Mr Ebbers was chief executive only, but that did not prevent him bringing WorldCom to its knees.
His attacks on Labour were often passionate and well argued, but that did not prevent him from being dropped from the frontbench in 2000.
The male returned but it did not prevent the death of the third chick, which had suffered as a result of the cold and wet conditions.
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Real keeper Diego Lopez got a hand to Costa's left-footed effort but not enough to prevent Costa from scoring his eighth goal in the competition this season.
But they could not prevent Warrington's first home win against Saints since their days at Wilderspool in 1991- and only their third win in 40 Super League derbies against their Merseyside neighbours.
Lisandro Lopez missed a golden opportunity to make it 2-1 on the night when he dragged horribly wide after Lyon had three on one on the break, but it did not prevent his side from reaching their fourth Champions League quarter-final, their first since 2006.
That outrage is understandable, but limiting compensation will not prevent the next blow up.
But the Swede could not prevent Federer ensuring he topped the group with a 100% record.
But these differences do not prevent us from discussing future and launching new mechanisms of contacts.
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But that will probably not prevent many more jobs being lost in Bulgaria's decrepit factories.
But her plight did not prevent him from hurrying back to cast his vote.
But these bills would not prevent corporations from overwhelming the public funding.
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But even this might not prevent a slight shift to the conservatives.
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