You use ~ to indicate that the person, thing, or event that you are mentioning is an exception to your statement.
Barring accidents, I believe they will succeed.
PREP
You use ~ to indicate that the person, thing, or event that you are mentioning is an exception to your statement.
Barring accidents, I believe they will succeed.
PREP
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012