Example sentences of "to protect [pron] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hideous iron railings round the tombs of the more opulent dead were intended to protect them against the depredations of body-snatchers . |
| 2 | Workers looked to the national state , over which democracy gave them some influence , to protect them against the ravages of an unregulated world economy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was wearing an overcoat and leant forward to protect himself against the biting wind . |
| 6 | ‘ Emily , my poor child , what will you do with no-one to protect you against the world ? ’ |
| 7 | His raincoat was turned up at the collar , but not to protect him against the rain , for he always wore it that way . |
| 8 | She wished to bring an action against her employers alleging that they had been negligent in failing adequately to protect her against the known risk of injury from this pupil . |
| 9 | Its curly conker-red coat is thick enough to protect it against the cold and wet but becomes smooth and sleek in warmer weather . |
| 10 | The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights . |
| 11 | The mammoth had a shaggy coat to protect it against the rigours of the ice ages . |
| 12 | It is vital to protect yourself against the loss of such a key person . |
| 13 | However , there is only so much you can do to protect yourself against the whims of the Almighty . |
| 14 | It was the same in all the other areas of my life ; removed from the need to protect myself against the horrors of enhanced eidesis , I began to live as others did , blithely and unconsciously . |
| 15 | I tied the points of my hose , pushing down my shirt , glad to protect myself against the unearthly chill in that ghastly chamber . |
| 16 | The Tsars , the Habsburgs and the Ottomans sought to rationalize and industrialize their ramshackle empires in order to protect themselves against the expansionism of the modern West European State . |
| 17 | Cooperators can not expect to protect themselves against the threatened attack of the opposing forces without carefully preparing a united plan of campaign , in the same way that the Labour Party has mobilised its battalions … |
| 18 | Through the early growth of the brain these ape-hominoids developed greater fluency in the use of their hands and began to fashion tools to protect themselves against the powerful hunters . |
| 19 | This enables a community of humans to cooperate in working together to protect themselves against the worst effects of nature , and to obtain greater security than would otherwise be possible . |
| 20 | Bulimia does not mean " to force vomit " , Some compulsive overeaters ( all of whom could be termed sufferers from bulimia ) use enforced vomiting further to control their emotional feelings and also to protect themselves against the consequence of obesity — but not all do so . |
| 21 | But even as she spoke she found herself wondering about the way she 'd reacted to his kisses ; if anyone should be well armed to protect themselves against the attractions of a man like Dane , she should . |
| 22 | Now they are having to change their attitude as more and more public school kids rifle shops in London 's Kings Road and South Molton Street for the best in designer gear Because of their rich clientele , the shops have not previously used the tags and electronic security systems used in high street stores to protect themselves against the £1.5 billion-worth of goods lost through shoplifting each year But designer clothes are attracting designer thieves . |