Example sentences of "to protect [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are confident we have done nothing wrong , but need to protect ourselves from the arbitrary and capricious actions of our adversaries . ’ |
| 2 | She suffered dreadfully from hay fever , and many were the times — such as when we picnicked on Ivinghoe Beacon — she would have benefited from emulating Alan Turing who was said to cycle to work wearing an army gas-mask to protect himself from the pollen . |
| 3 | It had been his only relationship , a habit of natural loyalty founded in his childhood , further cemented by the dependence of the field officer on his Control , and never questioned in its foundations … perhaps because , in accepting the Colonel as his father-figure , he had been able to protect himself from the manner of his real father 's death . |
| 4 | The driver on top was huddled into a blanket to protect himself from the elements . |
| 5 | He had adopted his slighting manner , he knew , to protect himself from the attraction which she had possessed for him from the first moment that he had seen her . |
| 6 | Although the Court of Appeal expressed no opinion on it , the court was clearly concerned that the employer might possibly be able to protect himself from the use of the employee 's skill and knowledge post employment by means of express provision if the employee were simply to sell that knowledge as a commodity ( ie not use it as a means to gain further employment ) . |
| 7 | BAe was keen to diversify , in order to protect itself from the cyclical swings of both civil and military aerospace manufacturing . |
| 8 | He was consumed by indignation that there had been so many attempts to swindle his country in its attempts to gain arms to protect itself from the aggression of Iraq . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Young skin is not only thinner but also has fewer pigment cells and is less able to protect itself from the sun . |
| 11 | Society may not through its laws be able to protect the sufferers from addictive disease from the consequences of their addiction nor he able to protect itself from the consequences of their actions even if the law is applied universally to all addictive drugs including alcohol . |
| 12 | In order to protect itself from the conflicting , volatile and diffuse demands of political groups , it retreated into greater bureaucratism . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ It 's lonely being a long way ahead so you have to get youself into a cocoon to protect yourself from the thoughts that can trouble your mind . ’ |
| 16 | Much to the alarm of narcotics agents , cultivation is spreading as farmers seek cash to protect themselves from the hardships of war . |
| 17 | Tying pillows to their heads with towels to protect themselves from the larger falling lumps , they set off . |
| 18 | Many of the people are obliged to wear wet handkerchiefs to protect themselves from the strong fumes of sulphur . ’ |
| 19 | Men , he said , used to approach the nest 60 yards down on a rope , and holding a piked stick in one hand to protect themselves from the parent birds ’ attacks , with the other hand seize the eggs or chicks , the latter was a valued object and the former they could sell for 5/ each . |
| 20 | They would need clothing and shelter for the extremes of weather , and weaponry to protect themselves from the wild animals and hostile tribes which roamed the desolate regions they were to visit . |
| 21 | Inevitably they led to the totally unnecessary deaths of many pet cats , as jittery owners took emergency steps to protect themselves from the dreaded twentieth-century plague . |
| 22 | They do not have to protect themselves from the monster . |
| 23 | Only people who could rely on an extended family network could hope to have the friends and connections necessary to protect themselves from the avarice of the sultan 's lesser officials . |
| 24 | So the next two days were spent in readying and arming a mixed squadron of available craft , merchanters all , but every one necessarily accustomed to using defensive artillery to protect themselves from the English pirates who infested the Norse Sea . |
| 25 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
| 26 | He argued that rational people drawing up a just social contract would only be willing to grant governments the power to punish to the extent that was necessary to protect themselves from the crimes of others . |
| 27 | They huddled together to protect themselves from the wind . |
| 28 | At the end of the book , these opposing characters become closer and their real love for each other shows through the bitter shell that they hid under to protect themselves from the awful life they lead . |
| 29 | Now villagers feel that AIDS sufferers should be treated with compassion , and that they are not a danger to others if it is known how to protect oneself from the disease . |