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Sentence Examples Of course I took the precaution of turning my light off first, and it was a lucky thing I did. As a precaution he had a neck collar attached and was placed on a backboard with blocks to immobilise his head, neck and back. The man was placed on a backboard and had a neck brace applied as a precaution before he was taken to Southend Hospital. One woman, a laboratory technician, is believed to have been taken to hospital as a precaution when she reported breathing in fumes. Both boys were taken to York Hospital and have been put on a course of penicillin as a precaution. He has been declared healthy for the 2003 season, although the Badgers are holding him out of scrimmages as a precaution. This is probably more precaution than I would take on my weblog, particularly the moderation of unregistered comments. Rogers, who is returning from a broken right collarbone, wears a rubber shoulder pad during workouts as a precaution. After the defection of Tito's Yugoslavia in 1948, potential 'Titoists' elsewhere were liquidated as a precaution. Unfortunately, despite this precaution, the hazards of platelet transfusion still include serious septic reactions. Sensing it might be busy, I took the precaution of ringing beforehand to book a table. The sisters have even gone to the precaution of popping their valuables into the boot and they've still been stolen. Moving the transfer date was a sensible precaution against anticipated insurgent attacks. Consequently, they and others argue that animal toxicology and animal data must cause us to ban DDT as a precaution. He produced a statement from the prison officer to whom Mullen had been shackled who thought that the precaution was unnecessary. As the grass in the middelmannetjie was almost shoulder high, we stopped every few kilometres to check the vehicles as a precaution against fire. Another precaution includes creation of marked safety zones in freight yards where only remote-controlled engines can operate. The politics of precaution, of covering your back rather than putting forward daring ideas, would dominate. The best precaution you can take in a fire-prone area is to make your roof fire-resistant. Her close family were given a dose of antibiotics as a precaution, but most cases of the disease occur in isolation. Show More Sentences As a precaution, many men store their sperm in a sperm bank before treatment. Some people took the precaution of seeing their doctor in time and thereby spared themselves untold affliction. A breathing space or a period to reflect might sometimes be a wise precaution before final conclusions. She is suffering from whiplash and is wearing a neck brace as a precaution. As a precaution, I had scented toilet paper stuffed up my nose, but the bouquet still came on like a rotten gauntlet across the snout. Before leaving home, as a last-minute precaution, I also indulged in some serious mouthwash gargling, followed by a frantic gum-chewing session. Keeping the ground squirrel population down is a precaution against humans and pets being infected. Dirt bike racing is a contact sport that can take away lives thus extra protection and precaution must be taken into consideration. As a further precaution, should previously transfused people not be allowed to donate blood? It is the second time in just over a year this has happened and I now want the council to put some money aside as a precaution for next year. The hotel had been ringed with barriers as a precaution against this kind of attack, and the bomber rammed one of the barriers. The third policy is to take every reasonable precaution not to harm or endanger life, either human or non-human. It might be an irritation putting the wheel clamp on every time you leave the vehicle alone, but how long does that simple precaution take? Aaiu investigators said the flight crew had not take the precaution of taking a manual reading of fuel tank levels with a dipstick at Luton. This is a wise precaution before trying anything you feel uncomfortable with. The dive boat had a recompression chamber on board, too, which I thought might be a wise precaution! Travelers to such destinations practice extra alertness, precaution and prudence. His premises were promptly inspected and given the all-clear, but he has asked for a further inspection today as an extra precaution. As a precaution against the disease lingering, quick lime was poured into the graves. Keep your seatbelt fastened at all times when seated as an extra precaution in case of unexpected turbulence. Show More Sentences The grower must use every precaution to avoid the possibility of the reintroduction of viruses once the new plantings are established. You'd been checking yourself every day, as a matter of course, as a precaution. The government is purchasing and storing medicines and vaccines as a precaution against future attacks. No one was injured during the incident but staff were evacuated as a precaution while firefighters made the area safe. The action has been taken as a veterinary precaution against the spread of foot and mouth infection. He was very thankful that he had taken the precaution of rewrapping the prototype in its protective tissue paper shell, making it unrecognizable. As a further precaution, have a life ring tied to a long line floating behind the boat. More than 1,500 animals on five neighbouring farms had been culled as a precaution by last night. As a further precaution, approval of the brick manufacturer must be obtained before permitting sandblast cleaning. We had taken the precaution of bringing the car battery charger from England, but that is not much use if you have no mains electricity. In real life, an example of the precaution taken due to differences in potential of two objects can be seen in the repairing of high tension, high voltage lines. Several other diplomatic offices were swept for devices as a precaution. Those who can afford to put a water softener on or to take a precaution with their tap washers will be paid for by those who cannot afford to take such precautions. After transferring your current address book to your new email client, remember to delete all the addresses from your Outlook address book as an extra precaution. Indeed, the same could apply to rugby where there is little precaution to shield juniors and juveniles from being exposed to the habits of their superiors. Allow some leeway on return times since trips often take longer than expected, but having someone ready to call for help if your group is overdue is a wise precaution. When our 17-member group checked in to the Hotel Lisboa, our passports were xeroxed as a precaution the government has adopted against gambling with public money. Customers are being advised to lag water pipes in homes and businesses as a precaution against the icy period, so if pipes burst it will save water and damage to properties. On the back of this page are the directions to it, coded as a precaution. The jacket and gloves were a precaution in the event the eaglet panicked, but there was little fuss as he tossed the net over her. Show More Sentences He said examples where it might be better to avoid a transfusion, as a precaution, included patients who were slightly anaemic following hospital treatment. As a precaution against a possible disturbance, the ferry was escorted by a police boat, its blue lights flashing. Still, it is a good practice to scald the milk or cream as this precaution will kill bacteria and also dissolve the sugar and help infuse any flavors. As a precaution I had come armed with repellent cream and balm. As a result, authorities were alerted, and the city of Leiden shut down secondary schools as a precaution. Diane King had even taken the precaution of chaining the baskets to brackets on the outside wall of her house, but the thieves still managed to take them. When the helicopter arrived, the salvage team was dropped onto the ship's heaving decks as a safety precaution to ensure that the towline was properly secured. But, the precaution falls flat on the upper floors of thin-walled barracks. These are mainly a precaution against random violence, like the shootings in Washington last week. As a courtesy and a precaution, she stamps instructions on the back of each frame with information regarding what kind of hooks to use and how many inches to space them apart. I would take the ordinary precaution of slowing down, whether I was in a ship equipped for ice or any other, compatible with keeping steerage way for the size of the ship. The current dilemma is whether young women undergoing chemical or surgical oophorectomy should take the precaution of having some ovarian tissue frozen. As the train speeds away, running precisely on time, he locks the doors to the coach and the interleading doors, a security precaution against theft and stowaways. As a public health precaution, the Department of Marine slapped a ban on shellfish harvesting in the harbour's north channel where two oyster farms are based. Anyone who lived in a factory would naturally be a bit pasty, and gloves are a sensible and hygienic precaution where food preparation is involved. As an added precaution, I also constructed plastic-lined and rock-filled drainage ditches on the surface to prevent water from percolating down from the surface. The small party was conspicuous enough to be identified by a group of German tourists outside Paris, so they took the precaution of buying periwigs to thicken their disguises. There are, of course, professional companies which stage firework displays and take every precaution to see that the most rigorous safety measures apply. As a safety precaution, you can add a floating cattle water trough heater, which has a built in thermostat, to keep at least a section of the pool from freezing solid. Armed officers had been used as a precaution in case anyone was inside. Show More Sentences You can tell a loud yawner to shut up, and she will yawn with more tonal precaution, turning her yawn into a softer, more weightless expulsion of breath. They were both then doused with water as a safety precaution. Still, as a precaution, she borrowed a portable nebulizer from the Asthma Van before the family went on a camping trip this summer. Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. As a precaution, many airlines prohibit young people under the age of 15 from being seated in the exit row. As a precaution, some experts are recommending that all women expecting a baby undergo a simple swab test for GBS bacteria. Previously, Germany's Der Spiegel magazine reported that winegrowers are already switching to heat-resistant grape varieties as a precaution. Most insurance companies insist the minimum precaution taken when a caravan is left unattended is to fit a hitch lock or wheel clamp. Economists have further criticized comparative negligence as not encouraging precaution under the calculus of negligence. Mrs Peppiatt had taken the precaution of photocopying The Times newspaper on the day she made her copies. Demetris Doulas was testifying at the trial of six men facing charges of causing death by want of precaution, and homicide by gross negligence. On 3 March 2013, Elizabeth was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital as a precaution after developing symptoms of gastroenteritis. The outer glass is a safety precaution, reducing UV emission and because halogen bulbs can occasionally explode during operation. She took the precaution of packing extra medicine for the trip. The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. When driving, she always wears her seatbelt as a precaution. Police sectioned off most of the area and guests at the nearby Best Western Royal Beach Hotel were evacuated as a precaution. This deadly scenario with this hurricane is still in play, so please take precaution. When the Germans captured Abbeville on 20 May, the War Office in Britain ordered troops to be despatched to the channel ports as a precaution. As a precaution, they have been placed on a 21-day fever watch. Show More Sentences Following the fire, Pile 1 was unserviceable, and Pile 2, although undamaged by the fire, was shut down as a precaution. Until the remedy is available, as a precaution, Toyota dealers will disconnect the rear subwoofer. Odorizing agents are added to propane, a naturally odorless gas, as a standard safety precaution to allow its detection in the event of a leak. He also took the precaution of posting a strong reserve of 2000 archers to the rear to guard the baggage, tying the horses together to prevent flight. The express charges were forepaid, and the box iron-bound. This last was a good precaution, for otherwise the box had gone to pieces long before reaching this point. And now there are not only backpacks but forepacks, bulky knapsacks hanging under the chin and alleged by their manufacturers to be an essential security precaution. Aphids can be controlled by spraying with a modern aphidicide early in the season, as a routine precaution, or soft soap sprays can be used on a regular basis. The 1st Lothian and the Composite Regiment were moved up as a precaution and for the rest of the day the Allied forces skirmished with the Germans opposite. As a precaution, we stopped the flows from Pyramid to Castaic,'' Rich Sanchez, chief of State Water Project operations, said after the oil spill was discovered. And it's not even as if he can enjoy a chin-wag with the neighbours as he took the precaution of buying the house next door so he didn't have to cope with them. Last week Roath Park Lake tested positive for blue-green algae and, as a precaution set out by Natural Resources Wales, it was advised to close the lake for recreational use. I afterwards adopted the precaution of using very thin shamoy gloves, and have often taken observations at still lower temperatures without injury. This precaution brought back a crowd just going to quarters. Preventing freezing is the most important precaution, as formation of ice crystals can cause damage to the crystalline structure of the hydrated cement paste. Though rather weak, their series of eyes can detect surrounding movement and alert precaution in the presence of predators, most commonly sea stars, crabs, and snails. Similarly, Gudmundsson and Lechner found that distrust leads to higher precaution and therefore increases chances of entrepreneurial firm survival. Examples from Classical Literature By reason of this precaution it was more than an hour after the steamer arrived before her passengers began to debark. This precaution had not been taken by the English gentleman's heterogenous company. The men hastily withdrew, first taking the precaution to remove the plank that covered the sluiceway. It therefore seemed to Abdul Mujid only a wise precaution to get rid of his prismatic compass as speedily as possible. Just by way of precaution, however, I'll ask you to wait in here till I'm off. To the one, she played ravishing strains, having first taken the precaution to make him stone-deaf. I took the precaution to subscribe to no other newspaper than the Moniteur. They made their way to the cellar, a precaution as to the safekeeping of the prisoners. It is possible that this rule may have had its origin in a sanitary precaution. Whatever precaution a man may take against his friend, that we took in full. This precaution should be observed, not only with dimension stone, but also with the rubble which is to be used in walls. The obvious precaution to take against poisoning of this sort is first the use of adequate methods of food preservation. Yet it seems to me that with every precaution you take against such an evil you put yourself into the power of the evil. What did occur to me was an argument, at least to my mind, in disproof of the efficacy of this precaution. Sandy had taken the precaution of bringing a thick club along with the babiche. The siege of Thasos still continued, and the besieged took the precaution to send to Sparta for assistance. By some slight pretext the abbess had had the precaution to remove the porteress. This precaution will prevent the formation of a ridge of bubbles around the top of the timbale case. Every precaution is taken, but still there will be many a slip between this pheasant cup and charlies lip, I am afraid. A less effective precaution is to sit up all night near the vegetable garden and miaow. Show More Sentences Is not the same precaution more essential with the receptacles for digestion and egestion? She took every precaution, and Ruben watched over her anxiously and tenderly. It overflooded the bund which I had taken the precaution to build between the battery trench and my cavern. As the English were the assailants, the precaution of posting the archers behind the quickset hedge would have proved unnecessary. Accordingly the advance was renewed, nor did they take any less precaution because of the departure of the flying boat. As this stirring is a disadvantage in the making of candy, every precaution should be taken to prevent the curding of the milk. This was a precaution we always took, on account of the craft's being so tender. I say the two, because Cardinal Rospigliosi, who had not taken any precaution, was completely despoiled. As this precaution implied a stranger, amine obeyed the summons. Besides, this precaution is also a postulate of anthropologic science. Nevertheless, he took every precaution in his power, and had no anxiety about his weathering it out. In any case you will do well to take every precaution, for the air will be terribly rarified. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. The only precaution he had taken in coming to the archbishopric was to leave his arquebuse in the hands of a friend. Here, again, the only precaution is to take pains in selecting the site. So every precaution must be taken against dampness and dry-rot. This posing at the piano and over the album was only a little ruse adopted by way of precaution. The court was all bestrewn with herbs and sprinkled with vinegar, as a precaution against gaol air and gaol fever. This was a precaution against any bushwhacking bullet from the mangroves only a hundred feet away. After this, two Hellene generals went out with all precaution. Show More Sentences I took the precaution to half empty the carafe, in order that my suspicions might not be noticed. But spike neglected no precaution that experience or skill could suggest. On the following evening she went up as before, with the same mysteriousness and the same precaution. The leaders of the Lancastrian party used the same precaution. But that is not the only precaution we must take against malaria. And this precaution is no more than necessary for a prince every year engaged either in foreign wars or intestine commotions. And letting fly his arrow with a little more precaution than before, it lighted right upon that of his competitor, which it split to shivers. This precaution was taken to protect the cache from marauding animals. Scott stooped, and raised the valance with the greatest precaution. Men have been marooned for neglecting that little precaution. Even then, this is an overcareful precaution rather than a necessity. Only she ought to have told him of the precaution she had taken. Where the forbidden thing is, no precaution can be too great. And issuing from my asylum with precaution, I sought a back-stairs which conducted directly to the kitchen. In the first place I have as a precaution shut up at Rueil, near me, under my own eyes, within reach of my hand, the two most intractable ones. It was also high time to send for Louis, and adopt the precaution of fumigating the room. Usually, the danger is in the moment of leaving the ground, or of alighting, and therefore at those junctures we should never omit the utmost precaution. On any scale it is an object of laudable circumspection and precaution. Mehevi, it seemed, was bent on replenishing old Marheyo's larder, fearful perhaps that without this precaution his guests might not fare as well as they could desire. As a precaution, referee Nigel Owens and his touch judges were escorted from the pitch by security as boos rang out in protest at the Welsh ocial's decision to penalise Metz. Show More Sentences This was a most necessary precaution, for the blacks were in a funk, and a whale-boat left lying on the beach in the evening meant a loss of twenty blacks by morning. The precaution, however, is quite inefficacious, for the Indians never fail to procure liquor of a worse kind, at a dearer price, from travelling pedlars. In conjunction with Miss Pross, he took immediate steps towards the latter precaution, by giving out that the Doctor was not well, and required a few days of complete rest. Haley, I assure you that precaution is entirely unnecessary. Attorney-General now signified to my Lord, that he deemed it necessary, as a matter of precaution and form, to call the young lady's father, Doctor Manette. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of precaution? Words that rhyme with precaution What is the past tense of precaution? What is the plural of precaution? What is the adverb for precaution? What is the adjective for precaution? What is the noun for precaution? Translations for precaution Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words precatory precast precariousness precariously perched precariously precarious precautional precautionary precautions precautious precede preceded 10-letter Words Starting With p pr pre prec preca precau precaut precauti precautio