Example sentences of "[prep] protecting [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I laughed , and she said , ‘ Laughing is a way of protecting yourself from the truth . ’ |
| 2 | ONE type of wild potato has developed a novel way of protecting itself from the ravages of aphids — by producing the chemical that aphids themselves use as an alarm signal . |
| 3 | She had an arm permanently bruised from protecting herself from beatings . |
| 4 | Society has an interest in protecting itself from activities which threaten to undermine the harmony within it . |
| 5 | Bacon and Eltis went on to suggest that labour had been successful in protecting itself from erosion of C m , so that adjustment had fallen largely on I m i.e. investment in the marketable sector . |