Example sentences of "[verb] to protect [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saddam Hussein says that he needs to protect himself from Iran . |
| 2 | Now what do you reckon is the most difficult … the most dangerous job in sport … boxer … jump jockey … racing driver you could argue all night could n't you … what about a chap who has to protect himself from head to foot … gets fired at … and skates on ice … in other words the netminder in ice hockey … see for yourself in our Friday Feature |
| 3 | If we seek to protect ourselves from doubt in matters of belief , the result will be ‘ inactivity ’ . |
| 4 | Since all of these channels permit information to circulate rapidly , contract computer staff are well equipped to protect themselves from becoming involved with , or exploited by , unscrupulous agencies or client organisations . |
| 5 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 6 | They do not have to protect themselves from the monster . |
| 7 | They are quite adaptable to different illumination levels , however , and shortly after introduction to the aquarium may undergo colour changes ; these colour changes represent either the production or the loss of pigments which the corals produce to protect themselves from excess ultraviolet light . |
| 8 | Try to protect yourself from interruptions — but if an interruption is unavoidable , do n't worry . |
| 9 | This eventually causes the death of one of the boys , as the gang try to protect themselves from being attacked by a rival gang — The Socs . |
| 10 | She had seen the children in other families break away entirely from the too zealous claims of an old nurse and when the time came , as it surely must , she wished to protect herself from the pain which rejection could cause . |
| 11 | You can , as a matter of course , help to protect yourself from electric shocks by using a circuit breaker . |
| 12 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 13 | Land animals need to protect themselves from drying out , so scales were exchanged for an impervious skin ( although some amphibians can control the admission of water through their skin with the aid of hormones ) . |
| 14 | ‘ We are confident we have done nothing wrong , but need to protect ourselves from the arbitrary and capricious actions of our adversaries . ’ |
| 15 | Their bodies require more careful maintenance to keep functioning , and to some extent they have to protect themselves from too deep an involvement in the problems of others as their own emotions become more frail . |