A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

prevent Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 5.1 3 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1410 2 1 0 1 0
Number of authors14 10 2 1 1

Occurrences of prevent in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
There wis a clear attempt tae prevent onie pattern o crime that mic on page 104

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
cood prevent thi flame's leap? on page 48

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
‘an officer who attempts to prevent fraudulent claims for unemplo
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
innae hae guns or swords, tae prevent onyone getting any ideas aboo
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
in o his ettles wis tae "help prevent weans bein tourists in thir a
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rds wad be leukin inwart, tae prevent escapes. E’en gin the Chine
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ents rack up lairge debts tae prevent a collapse i the vailye o the
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ctures o a seistem biggit tae prevent exackly that frae takkin plac
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s his belly. But in order tae prevent this ginger cunt fae scarpin
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
as ane wi oot divisions that prevent reaching the goal.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
loog an left foot, so as till prevent ids undoan idsell), she carri on page 59

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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
on sugary products will only prevent them fa live in poverty fae b
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
bit o forward planneen might prevent cat-astrophe! on page 36

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Southern

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
tae believe they wad want tae prevent young yins gittin' involved i
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