Example sentences of "to protect [pron] against [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A security source said : ‘ The Army , in partnership with the police , aim , through their physical presence , to show the whole community that the security forces are present to protect everyone against terrorist attack , from whatever paramilitary organisation it may come . ’ |
| 2 | To protect them against immersion , they have a waterproof coating . |
| 3 | For the latter the risk was high and he took even more stringent steps to protect himself against default . |
| 4 | However , with a gene transplant , doctors at Great Ormond Street — who have been working with scientists from the University of Leiden in Holland — hope to reprogramme Carly 's genes to enable her to protect herself against infection . |
| 5 | It was held that the hotel could not rely on the notice to protect it against liability . |
| 6 | It was held that the company could not rely on the clause to protect it against liability when the dress was stained during the cleaning process . |
| 7 | Flooring : Pastelle 100 per cent nylon carpet from the Shades of White range is treated with Stainmaster finish to protect it against spills and stains . |
| 8 | Having acquired the eastern coast of the Black Sea from the Turks , they found that forts were insufficient to protect it against raids from the interior . |
| 9 | Now I also said that the states which make up the United States were , for a brief period , independent entities themselves in the gap between the ending of revolutionary war and the framing of the constitution and so when their representatives assembled in Philadelphia in the summer of seventeen eighty seven , they were mindful of their independence and they were jealous of that independence , they wished to protect it against encroachment , they did n't wish to exchange one form of dominance for another . |
| 10 | It really does make sense to protect yourself against tetanus . |
| 11 | How , if at all , are you going to protect yourself against changes in the exchange rate between your currency and your customer 's currency ? |
| 12 | At this point , Christians need to protect themselves against over-reaction . |
| 13 | Several laws have been passed in modern times to restrict dangerous activities and to impose criminal sanctions on citizens who fail to protect themselves against injury — for example , the offences of failing to wear a safety helmet when riding a motor cycle , and failing to wear a safety harness when travelling in the front seat of a car . |
| 14 | In order to protect themselves against employees accepting terms put forward by trading partners , many businesses include an express provision in their terms of trading limiting the authority of their agents and employees . |
| 15 | Failing the development of a vaccine for human beings to protect themselves against malaria , or a ‘ one-shot ’ radical drug , or a long-lasting preventative medicine , the control of the mosquito vector must produce the greatest benefit to the greatest number in the shortest time . |