| His reputation as one of the lads will not preclude him from making enemies with his wild-card selections. |
| A child's accident of birth should not preclude a broad, critical, tolerant education. |
| Even better, being meta-efficient in one's spending habits doesn't preclude anyone from living in the lap of luxury now and again. |
| The murkiness and partial rationality of shifting, renegotiable settlements are the vices of politics that legalist liberals seek to preclude. |
| The governor also said laws are under review to preclude ambiguity and to close loopholes allowing suspects to evade arrest. |
| It had passed an Act of Parliament to end the proceedings and preclude any appeal. |
