Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pn reflx] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some animals protect themselves against being eaten by containing poisonous or sickening substances . |
| 2 | Rapid flying can soon lead to heat loss by convection , and at night nocturnal insects like moths protect themselves against heat loss with hairs on their thorax which maintain a stable air layer around the body surface . |
| 3 | They are compelled to do this because most of the forest trees protect themselves against molesters with a poisonous sap . |
| 4 | Doctors protect themselves against even the remote possibility of failing to spot a disease and being sued for it by sending their patients for every test in the book . |
| 5 | Men harden themselves against outer threats and against inner weaknesses , against the femininity that lurks in us . |
| 6 | Cartoon characters chased each other across the screen , glamorous women won the hearts of kings , innocent settlers set themselves against ruthless cattle-ranchers , war heroes plotted and schemed and died for their beloved country . |
| 7 | The three Established Church representatives set themselves against ; the other four who were Free Churchmen were for it . |