Example sentences of "to protect [pn reflx] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If we seek to protect ourselves from doubt in matters of belief , the result will be ‘ inactivity ’ .
2 For the latter the risk was high and he took even more stringent steps to protect himself against default .
3 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
4 Saddam Hussein says that he needs to protect himself from Iran .
5 He mantled his wings automatically ant thrust his head forward aggressively , obeying a deep instinct to protect himself from danger .
6 In 20 years only one company with an investment-grade rating from Moody 's has defaulted on long-term debt — Manville , a single-A company that went bankrupt voluntarily to protect itself from asbestosis lawsuits .
7 When a government uses repressive secrecy laws more to protect itself from criticism than to protect the nation from foreign danger , then political citizenship is abridged .
8 Society is entitled by means of its laws to protect itself from dangers , whether from within or without .
9 The capacity of the gastric mucosa to protect itself from injury is determined by many factors , and aggravation of experimental injury as seen after sensory nerve ablation , may result either from impairment of mucosal defence or retardation of rapid repair or both .
10 A plant produces essential oils for its own survival : to influence growth and production ; to attract pollinating insects ; to repel predators ; and to protect itself from disease .
11 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 .
12 COMEDIENNE Pamela Stephenson is considering buying a gun to protect herself in Los Angeles .
13 He says you need guns to protect yourself in cities .
14 Try to protect yourself from interruptions — but if an interruption is unavoidable , do n't worry .
15 It really does make sense to protect yourself against tetanus .
16 How , if at all , are you going to protect yourself against changes in the exchange rate between your currency and your customer 's currency ?
17 At this point , Christians need to protect themselves against over-reaction .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 So plants , quite naturally , have the ability to protect themselves from predators , just as all other creatures do .
22 ‘ When I talk to people about how best to protect themselves from attack I always tell them that if they can turn that surprise back on to the attacker they have a better chance of making an escape .
23 While militarily strong and able to protect themselves from threat both from without and within Egypt , the mamluks were inefficient rulers , and , though they left some magnificent architecture , by the later thirteenth century there was a series of revolts , plagues and famines .
24 Against Protestant tendencies to emphasize the priesthood of all believers , Catholic scholars would reaffirm , as Bellarmine did , that many believers had neither the spiritual capacity nor the mental endowment to protect themselves from literature that might be damaging to faith and prospects for eternity .
25 Exceptions to this are people who are mentally or physically disabled or those who are developmentally immature and are therefore unaware of dangers to themselves or are unable to protect themselves from hazards .
26 Although trenches had been constructed on a limited scale in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 , they became a significant factor in warfare only in World War I. By the end of 1914 , the conflict had developed into what amounted to a siege and both Allied and German soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves from enemy small-arms and machine-gun fire .
27 Will employers be tempted to screen potential employees to protect themselves from lawsuits afterwards from workers who contract such diseases ?
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