Example sentences of "protected from [noun] by the " in BNC.

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1 Based on papers submitted for review in camera , Judge Platt felt the government might have a valid claim that the subpoenaed documents were protected from discovery by the state secrets privilege , but counsel for the government seemed unwilling to accept the suggestion .
2 After the leak of the Interfor Report , counsel for the victims , families attempted to take a deposition from Aviv but Shaughnessy moved to quash the subpoena on the grounds that Aviv 's work was protected from discovery by the so-called attorney work-product doctrine .
3 The massive stone structure has acquired a mature and acceptable appearance in these days of so much brick and concrete , and it is one of the ironies of the philosophy of conservation that the blessed bridge which Ruskin regarded as a monstrous intrusion into a beautiful natural scene should , a hundred years later , have been noisily protected from demolition by the very people who would presumably have sided with Ruskin in wishing to preserve the landscape .
4 Here we report that human mutant cell lines that lack mitochondrial DNA ( mtDNA ) , and therefore do not have a functional respiratory chain , can still be induced to die by apoptosis , and that they can be protected from apoptosis by the overexpression of bcl-2 , suggesting that neither apoptosis nor the protective effect of bcl-2 depends on mitochondrial respiration .
5 We have shown the following : ( 1 ) cells without mtDNA , and therefore lacking respiratory chain activity , are still able to undergo apoptosis when either deprived of survival factors or exposed to high concentrations of staurosporine ; ( 2 ) such cells can be protected from apoptosis by the overexpression of bcl-2 ; ( 3 ) the overexpression of bcl-2 in cells ( with or without mtDNA ) does not significantly alter respiratory chain activity ; ( 4 ) the Bcl-2 protein in these cells is associated with the nuclear envelope and ER , as well as with mitochondria .
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