Example sentences of "be protected from the " in BNC.

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1 The backers rather misjudged the mood of the populace at the time , and far from attracting crowds of culture-hungry theatre-goers , the actor-managers of the day had to be protected from the mob by the soldiery .
2 Second , that to carry out this task the teams needed to be protected from the everyday pressures of casework .
3 The person who seeks to protect himself or herself from doubt in their belief , Newman argued , is like the person who , in order to be protected from the risk of illness , never ventures outside the home .
4 And it 's not just your home which is at risk ; farm machinery , livestock , feedstuffs , chemicals and equipment are all highly valuable and must be protected from the criminal .
5 When in position the confection obviously had to be protected from the effects of the sea water until the frogman had positioned the mine and was ready to ‘ an ’ it .
6 Those who are seriously ill may be ‘ universal reactors ’ ( see p 162 ) and they will only recover fully if they can be protected from the majority of synthetic chemicals .
7 Placed abaft the column of her forward gun , the warhead would be protected from the impact of ramming the caisson as the bows crumpled , and the eight-hour delay chemical fuses would give the raiders time to get clear before the acid ate through copper discs .
8 They would be protected from the heat by each new technological invention for creating a fridge in an oven .
9 They are now to be taken under the jurisdiction of the Queen , who is determined that they will be protected from the emotional mayhem currently being created by their parents .
10 Just like Windsor , volunteers formed a human chain to rescue nearly 200,000 precious items — in this case , books and manuscripts that had to be protected from the firemen 's hoses as well as the flames .
11 But in the disclaimer his children need above all to be protected from the ghastly consequences of their own actions .
12 He stationed his Fascists in the building before the meeting , so that the candidate on his platform should be protected from the crowd .
13 The evangelical belief , much disseminated in the mid-nineteenth century , that children should be protected from the rigours of the adult world and educated and assisted to be morally good adults , was joined by the end of the century by a belief in the economic and military importance of building , from birth , a strong and stable race .
14 Somebody with a £100,000 portfolio who deals £5,000-£10,000 worth of stock at a time will be protected from the worst stocks , doubly so if he is lucky enough to be in the hands of a dealer with a longer-term commitment to his profession than average .
15 Later , he complained : ‘ The whole row is based on a false assumption : that as readers we need to be protected from the disappointing facts about the lives of writers , if we are to continue to admire their work .
16 It is understandable that society should demand to be protected from the risk of recurrence of a violent or sexual offence , but at present society 's response to even modest degrees of risk tends to be overly repressive and restrictive .
17 There was a widespread feeling that areas of outstanding natural beauty should be protected from the greed of miners and loggers and thereby preserved for the benefit of future generations .
18 Opinion remained hostile towards Thornton ; he had to be protected from the London crowds during the hearings there , and back in Bromwich he was hated .
19 As the embodiment of a higher law , it thus not only needs to be distinguished from ordinary law but also needs to be protected from the passing whims of politicians — hence the introduction of extraordinary procedures for its amendment .
20 The speculation has brought a renewed call for members of the Royal family to be protected from the continual scandal surrounding the tapes .
21 The speculation has brought a renewed call for members of the Royal family to be protected from the continual scandal surrounding the tapes .
22 Pressure groups demanded reassurances that the poor and elderly would be protected from the extra cost of heating their homes .
23 His comments came as it was revealed that three-quarters of Tory MPs wanted needy people to be protected from the tax on fuel and on the eve of a report , to be issued today , which said families in debt on their fuel bills were already choosing between heating and eating — even before the proposed addition of VAT .
24 Chief executive officer Edwin Lake told the tourism and amenities committee that the Children 's Village had to be protected from the sea , wind and sand and a reinforced concrete wall along the full length of the north side was a basic element of the design .
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