Example sentences of "to protect it from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Booms stayed on standby at the mouth of the Hamble River to protect it from the slick . |
| 2 | The same goes for diving in front of a seal pup to protect it from the sealers . |
| 3 | The usual way to overcome this problem is to cover the specimen with a liquid to protect it from the vacuum and then increase the power of the electron beam so that it can penetrate the protective fluid . |
| 4 | Thus the goodness which is associated with the good breast may be preserved and protected by being introjected , to appear as an attribute of self ; but if the infant 's anxiety is aroused by its own feelings of frustration and hatred , the same good object may be projected outwards in order to protect it from the overwhelming badness which the infant feels to be within itself . |
| 5 | After extensive work in the Edinburgh studio , it was transported back to Tain and encased in a glass enclosure to protect it from the elements . |
| 6 | Matey had gone out , not to return until late at night , leaving Dr Neil 's tea in the larder on a plate carefully positioned under a fine gauze hood to protect it from the ubiquitous flies ; he had said not to leave him supper , for he might visit the local evening market where prepared food of all kinds was on sale , from oysters to whelks ; he was partial to shellfish , he said . |
| 7 | He took a few steps forward and tripped over a heavy iron grill set over one of the graves to protect it from the resurrectionists who had once supplied Dr Knox 's anatomy classes . |
| 8 | So get the checkout staff to wrap your plant in a paper or plastic sleeve to protect it from the wind . |