Example sentences of "to protect us from [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It also claims our allegiance because it offers to protect our lives , limbs , and property , although it does little to protect us from predatory corporations . |
2 | ‘ Despite the environmental carnage around the wreck , the sullying of the Shetland name and the ensuing loss of livelihood at the heart of our fragile economy the Government has done very little to protect us from another spill , ’ she said . |
3 | Instead of prayers to protect us from these sources of guilt , shame and terror Freud suggested that dreams took over , transforming the Gothic horrors into cryptic symbols only interpretable by psycho-analysts , the new priests of nineteenth century rationalism . |
4 | If , for many years , tears have been frozen in order to protect us from intense pain , the process of thawing out may require great delicacy and sensitivity . |
5 | Thomas Mayer and his son , Thomas Walton Mayer of Newcastle-under-Lyme , sent to every veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom the draft of a memorial addressed to the governors of the London College , with the ultimate objective of gaining a Charter of Incorporation ‘ to protect us from illiterate and uneducated men , and to afford us the same privileges and exemptions which other professional bodies possess ’ . |