Example sentences of "protect them against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wherry shot under London Bridge where the water boiled between the closely built arches , the boatmen dipping their oars so the boats could squeeze by the starlings which protected them against the thick stone arches . |
| 2 | The hideous iron railings round the tombs of the more opulent dead were intended to protect them against the depredations of body-snatchers . |
| 3 | Workers looked to the national state , over which democracy gave them some influence , to protect them against the ravages of an unregulated world economy . |
| 4 | The Meskhetians , another of the ‘ punished peoples ’ , had been moved from their traditional homelands near the Turkish-Soviet border in 1944 , ostensibly in order to protect them against the possibility of a German advance . |
| 5 | On Dec. 26 , in an address to the nation , Ukrainian Premier Leonid Kuchma announced that direct payments would be made to the poorest members of society to protect them against the worst effects of the price rises . |