method of prevention

collocation in English

meaningsofmethodandprevention

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method
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmeθ.əd/us
/ˈmeθ.əd/
a particular way of ...
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prevention
noun[U]
uk
/prɪˈven.ʃən/us
/prɪˈven.ʃən/
the act of stopping something from happening or of stopping someone from ...
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(Definition ofmethodandpreventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am advised that nomethodofpreventionis known.
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This training programme is therefore essential, in my opinion, and should be implemented as soon as possible, because it would be amethodofprevention.
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We have to help in the search for amethodofprevention.
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If you are preventing undue supplies reaching your own market, the first thing to see is that yourmethodofpreventionis effective.
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This is a very importantmethodofpreventionof what can be a great impairment.
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There is no bettermethodofpreventionthan to ensure that when these crimes are committed, they will not remain unpunished.
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Living out an example is the most effectivemethodofprevention.
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It is essential that we should seek amethodofprevention.
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It may be amethodofpreventionof spreading mental disease, but it is not in any way a prevention of the cause of the disease.
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By cutting the number of condoms, they are condemning to death thousands of people who could be protected if that very cheapmethodofpreventionwere available.
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Reformers argued that thismethodofpreventionwas ineffective, advocating instead punishments that, in the mind of the criminal, fit the crime.
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A secondmethodofpreventionis by using cryptography.
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Thismethodofpreventionhas been associated with emergence of antibiotic-resistant otitic bacteria.
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The primarymethodofpreventionis by hand washing with some evidence to support the effectiveness of wearing face masks.
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For insects, keeping clean storage, display, and work environment is the bestmethodofprevention.
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As female carrot flies are very low flying, the bestmethodofpreventionis to erect a barrier around the crop at least 60 cm high.
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While traditional medicine stuck to control as its main response to childhood mental illness, others experimented with the language and methods of prevention.
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How cost-effective are the various methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment?
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Therefore, we must strengthen cross-border cooperation to protect the victims, bring the offenders effectively to justice and work out comprehensive methods of prevention.
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