Example sentences of "to protect itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the urge to protect itself for the negative battles of the present , the party thus pulled back from its only truly positive policy for the future . |
| 2 | BAe was keen to diversify , in order to protect itself from the cyclical swings of both civil and military aerospace manufacturing . |
| 3 | He was consumed by indignation that there had been so many attempts to swindle his country in its attempts to gain arms to protect itself from the aggression of Iraq . |
| 4 | Of course it would have been difficult for intellectuals to admit that it was precisely their own condemnation and neglect of films which had removed the one buffer that the film industry could have used to protect itself from the onslaught of ‘ the Meddlers and Busybodies ’ . |
| 5 | Young skin is not only thinner but also has fewer pigment cells and is less able to protect itself from the sun . |
| 6 | Society may not through its laws be able to protect the sufferers from addictive disease from the consequences of their addiction nor he able to protect itself from the consequences of their actions even if the law is applied universally to all addictive drugs including alcohol . |
| 7 | In order to protect itself from the conflicting , volatile and diffuse demands of political groups , it retreated into greater bureaucratism . |
| 8 | A hardy , naturally polled breed of a type which has been in southwest Scotland for centuries , the Galloway is capable of growing a thick , shaggy coat of long , rain-shedding hairs over its thick , soft , mossy undercoat to protect itself in the cold , damp climate of the region . |
| 9 | Secondly , the purchaser will wish to protect itself in the sale agreement against any risks which it was unable to identify during the negotiations but which are discovered after completion and to ensure it is compensated against these by the vendor . |