Example sentences of "protect [pron] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have waxy cell walls which perhaps protect them against many antibacterial substances . |
| 2 | Laws in most countries protect them against cruelty and other forms of abuse . |
| 3 | spines protect them against predators but without them they fall prey to weasils and stoats . |
| 4 | In the event that for whatever reason it has not proved possible to settle a claim either extrajudicially or by Tender well before the Proof , the defender should in any case in which he approaches Proof without wishing to contest on the merits , protect himself against the expenses thereof by Tender . |
| 5 | Y Ltd. has got to be allowed to sell the goods ; otherwise Y Ltd. may never be able to pay X. How can X protect himself against the possibility that Y Ltd. , having sold the goods , might then go into liquidation before paying X ? |
| 6 | protect you against exchange and interest rate fluctuations |
| 7 | It also contain antibodies that protect her against infections — and it costs nothing ! |
| 8 | When , for example , Alexander Gordon of Strathdon came to Elgin on 5 November 1539 to bind himself in manrent to George earl of Huntly , promising to serve him in peace and war , give him counsel , and protect him against harm , he was only one of many hundreds of men throughout the country during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries making such an obligation , and thereby creating strong personal relationships based always in theory and normally in reality not just on mutual self-interest but on mutual loyalty and trust . |
| 9 | As long as damage is not too severe , a modern repair system such as that offered by Sterling Roncraft can restore wood prior to redecorating , and protect it against any further attack . |
| 10 | A Labour majority in the House of Commons should rally round the executive and protect it against the array of hostile capitalist forces , the Conservative Opposition being merely the front-line troops for the captains of industry , the financiers and the press barons . |
| 11 | The palace stands far back from the river , its only access being through fields and orchards which protect it against the vagaries of the Thames . |
| 12 | The painting of the boarding will improve its appearance and will waterproof it and protect it against the elements . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They are compelled to do this because most of the forest trees protect themselves against molesters with a poisonous sap . |
| 16 | Some animals protect themselves against being eaten by containing poisonous or sickening substances . |
| 17 | PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST SKIN CANCER . |
| 18 | When you protect yourself against German Measles , you 're protecting your unborn children . |
| 19 | You can , up to a point ( and we did up to that point ) , protect yourself against them with jungle gels and mustard gases , but the trees give no mercy and there are hours of them between Staddajakkstugorna , a mountain hut on the side of Kapasluoppal , and Staloluokta . |
| 20 | When you protect yourself against German Measles , you 're protecting your unborn child . |