Examples of the the word, lest , in a Sentence Context

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  1. Every three years. *Canon 13 forbids the establishment of new religious orders, lest ,too great diversity bring confusion into the Church. *Canons 14-17: Against the
  2. Individuals" who might alert the prisoners, and removed them from the mass —, lest ,they incite revolt among the deceived majority of prisoners en route to the gas
  3. Espionage The Manhattan Project operated under a blanket of tight security, lest ,its discovery induce Axis powers, especially Germany, to accelerate their own
  4. The hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the fathers, lest ,the whole earth be smitten with a curse—Therefore, the keys of this
  5. And retreating after the Battle of Noodling set afire two powder carriages, lest ,ceding the war material to Croatian soldiers already entering the city and to
  6. It. Locke argues that a country should seek a favorable balance of trade, lest ,it falls behind other countries and suffer a loss in its trade. Since the world
  7. The bulging mouth of the wine skin until you have reached the height of Athens, lest ,you die of grief. " Ages did not understand the prophecy and was disappointed
  8. Was to turn his sons into captains of industry; they were not sent to school, lest ,they acquire bad habits, but were educated at home to prepare them for work in
  9. By forbidding him the fruit of knowledge in paradise. The Demiurge, fearing, lest , Jesus,whom he had intended as his Messiah, should spread the knowledge of the
  10. Without jerking. On rotten rocks the rope must be handled with special care, lest ,it should dislodge loose stones on to those below. Similar care must be given
  11. A help toward the acquisition of the knowledge of God, requires great caution, lest ,we be misled by the Aristotelian philosophy or its false interpretation, as
  12. Is amazed by Jeffrey's story, but warns Jeffrey to stop his amateur sleuthing, lest ,he endangers himself and the investigation. After attending a dance party where
  13. A small kitchen at one end of the car. Children were not allowed off the train, lest ,they wander off and be left behind. The directors of the CPR knew that not only
  14. On an episode of the game show What's My Line in 1974,signing in as" X ", lest ,his name give away his occupation. After his job was identified on question
  15. Augustine also quotes part of the same prophecy that says" Slay them not, lest ,they should at last forget Thy law" ( Psalm 59:11). Augustine argued that God
  16. By Columbus. In 602 the bishops assembled to judge him. He did not appear, lest , as he tells us," he might contend in words ", but instead addressed a letter
  17. Referred to him in Psalms xxxvii. 25,though without mentioning the name, lest ,dissensions should arise between his sons and those of his brothers (Talk.
  18. Simultaneous speaking in tongues directed at people rather than God, lest ,unbelievers should think that the assembled believers were" mad" ( 1 Cor
  19. Passed on its way to the Reich. Ribbentrop, who was opposed to Hitler's plans, lest ,Germany loses another country to have diplomatic relations with, which would
  20. In his absence, and so beautiful, that she had to read behind a curtain, lest ,her face should distract the attention of the students. He was also the father
  21. They construct their houses with too great a desire to avoid cold and heat;, lest ,the desire of wealth spring up, from which cause divisions and discords arise;
  22. Von Bloomberg persuaded Hitler to shelve the proposed treaty in November 1935, lest , it damages Germany's good relations with China. When the Pact was signed
  23. In June 1946 he was promoted to field marshal but refused to accept a peerage, lest ,he is thought associated with a policy (i.e. Partition) that he thought
  24. ABD Brahman here so I will put something down in writing, for truly I fear, lest ,someone forwards a claim or form some ambition, and Allah and the believers
  25. In 1738. In 1741 guardians were appointed to take care of his affairs and watch, lest ,in his outbursts of violence he should do himself harm. In 1742, he suffered
  26. Custom, they may exchange their ardor in the waging of war for agriculture;, lest ,they may be anxious to acquire extensive estates, and the more powerful drive
  27. In Paris) to refrain from publishing on the possibility of a chain reaction, lest ,the Nazi government become aware of the possibilities on the eve of World War
  28. Ensure their children spoke in a fashion similar to their mainland counterparts, lest ,they be perceived as inferior. This is not to suggest the transformation was
  29. Vessel progressed at such a rate that the rescue of her turret was undertaken, lest ,nothing be saved from the wreck. Some wrecks, lost to natural obstacles to
  30. To engrave their names onto weapons in order to trace the weapons back to them, lest ,their weapons should prove to be of a lower quality than the standard required
  31. Of the holder of the information. Espionage is inherently clandestine, lest ,the legitimate holder of the information change plans or take other
  32. Administered the last sacraments to him. He died under military security, lest ,he reveals military secrets while heavily medicated. Von Neumann was buried at
  33. I am almost afraid that Kublai Khan is an owl that won't bear daylight. I fear, lest ,it should be discovered by the lantern of typography and clear reducing to
  34. It is everyone's duty to be on guard against this tendency within themselves, lest ,they infect someone else with it. He describes his views to Room: In times of
  35. Was a great famine; though, one by one, the gods came to request she lifts it, lest ,mankind perish, she asserted that the earth would remain barren until she saw
  36. To consider the long-term consequences of their own inventions with great care, lest ,those inventions do more harm than good. As in the tale of Icarus' wings
  37. 1 Tim. 6:20,", lest ,anyone is cheated by philosophy and vain deceit" cf.
  38. Sacked, Odysseus threw Hector's son Astana from the city walls to his death, lest ,the child reach manhood and avenge his father. Journey home to Ithaca Odysseus
  39. As to be ready to abandon it if it is proved with certainty to be false;, lest ,holy Scripture be exposed to the ridicule of unbelievers, and obstacles be
  40. Were a nocturnal race that children were told not to say the names of, lest ,the monsters hear and come to carry off a person—sometimes to be killed. In
  41. All its elder sisters. And the lawgivers will not see this marvelous attribute, lest ,their laws should be thrown to the winds. This child—it floats on air! It
  42. Thy husband. ' She was the woman taken into adultery, whom Christ set free, lest ,the Jews stone her, and she was with Him in three places, in the temple, at the
  43. Belthasar's plan was to empower Serge to free Scala from melding with Laos, lest ,they evolve into the" Time Devoured ", a creature capable of destroying
  44. Estates, and the more powerful drive the weaker from their possessions;, lest ,they construct their houses with too great a desire to avoid cold and heat;
  45. These could not take place I must not particularly set them down in writing, lest ,either I discover the hindered, or offend yourself in showing TH’ allegations
  46. Jobs was explicit in ensuring Next staff did not use the latter terminology, lest ,the Next machines be compared to competing Sun workstations. The
  47. From infancy to witness every type of sexual act, as also the process of birth, lest ,falsehood fog, and mystery stupefy, their minds ... Politeness has forbidden
  48. Century, the feast of Purim,14 Adar, could not fall on a Sabbath nor a Monday, lest ,10 Tishri (Yom Kippur) fall on a Friday or a Sunday. This indicates that, by
  49. Advising women in the eighth and ninth months of pregnancy not to swallow semen, lest ,it induces premature labor, even though it is now known to be safe. Semen
  50. Mints, care should be taken when mixing any mint with any other plants, lest ,the mint take over. To control mints in an open environment, mints should be

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