It is looking at ways around EU rules that forbid such intervention.

O God, forbid such cowardice, cruelty, and treachery in thy servants!

I forbid such things to be brought to my notice.

Now, ought we not to forbid such strains as these?

Really, I shall be compelled to forbid such intimacies.

Henchard shuddered, and exclaimed, God forbid such a thing!

I once tried (and failed) to get my own university to forbid such funds.

The ghost of Athelstane himself would stand before us to forbid such dishonour to his memory were it otherwise.

But something in her, perhaps the sturdy, independent blood of her Yorkshire ancestors, seemed to forbid such a course.

The Lord forbid such a thing: "for, how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"

I forbid such insolent presumption!

God forbid such a crime!

God forbid such a condition!

While the father talked, the mother hurried to the padres to beg the good priests to forbid such a union.

God forbid such days.

There was no local by-law to forbid such a thing, or if there was, no one dreamt of obeying it.