However , some inherent weaknesses have prevented it from delivering the expected results .

The second reason is that any incentive that was equal in amount to the supplementary cost involved would be equivalent in practice to bringing forward, in a way that was almost binding, the date on which the standards come into force.

The geostrategic constraints that have prevented Kurdish independence for centuries are even more acute today.

Though depoliticization and apathy have held back serious challenges to German dominance, such challenges are emerging.

Unfortunately, today's rather messy national and international political environments have so far precluded such an approach.

The rain prevented me from coming.

What stopped you when you saw them going astray

What held thee back when thou didst see them gone astray,

What kept you, when you saw them going astray,

This will demand, first and foremost, that EU leaders overcome the forces that have so far impeded action.

But (Moses) said O Aaron, when you saw that they had gone astray, what hindered you

Said Moosa, O Haroon what prevented you when you saw them going astray?

Moses said, 'What prevented thee, Aaron, when thou sawest them in error,

Musa said O Harun! what prevented thee, when thou sawest them going astray.

He said, O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray.

(After rebuking his people) Moses turned to Aaron and said Aaron! What prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

He (Moses) said to Aaron 'When you saw them in error, what prevented you,

Moses said, O Aaron, what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

Then Moses asked Aaron, What made you not follow me when you saw them in error?

(Musa) said O Haroun! what prevented you, when you saw them going astray,

Moses said to Aaron, What prevented you, when you saw that they had gone astray,

(Moses) said O Aaron! what kept thee back, when thou sawest them going wrong,

Rain prevented us from taking a walk.

They're surrounded by people, and their passage through the room is impeded.

The result is excessively high financing costs, which have made it impossible for firms in many manufacturing industries to maintain marginal profitability.

Nothing could stop Us from sending signs except that the earlier people had rejected them as lies.

And naught hinderedeth Us from sending the signs except that the ancients belied them.

And nothing stops Us from sending the Ayat (proofs, evidences, signs) but that the people of old denied them.

Nothing prevents Us from sending miraculous signs, except that the ancients called them lies.

Nothing hindered Us from sending Our Signs except that the people of olden times rejected them as lies.

Naught hindereth Us from sending portents save that the folk of old denied them.

Nothing keeps Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them.

Nothing prevented Us from sending the signs but that the ancients belied them.

And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them.

We did not abstain from sending miracles to any of Our Messengers. These miracles were called lies by the people who lived in ancient times.

Nothing has prevented Us from sending signs, except the fact that previous peoples denied them.

Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

And they have not stopped innovative Western companies from putting their intellectual property and new technologies on the line in China in order to deliver spectacular new products to US customers (think Apple).

Sementara itu, geopolitik menghalangi kemajuan respon global yang efektif.

Another issue which must be taken into account is the commencement of the Southern Border programme which has intensified controls on migration movements on motorways or on routes and more specifically has prevented migrants from boarding the train .

Evangelicals have joined it. Jewish groups have joined it.

The great resemblance with her sister has not prevented her from developing a strong personality.

Finally, is the Commission unwilling to recognize the fact that the whole region of Friuli Venezia Giulia has always been on the sidelines as far as Community subsidies are concerned and that it has suffered severe damage, which has prevented it from developing fully and in a balanced way ?

Said Allah, What prevented you, that you did not prostrate when I commanded you?