Example sentences of "to protect [pron] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This helps to protect them from starvation during the first week or two , when conditions may still be hard . |
| 2 | They are one of the first candidates for food irradiation , which will replace the chemicals that are used to protect them from pests during storage . |
| 3 | Water voles have fairly specialized habitat needs : rivers or streams with steep banks and thick vegetation to protect them from birds of prey . |
| 4 | The issue is that , despite the information available , CSM took no action to protect patients from practolol at least from January to October 1975 ; and again took no action to protect them from benoxaprofen from October 1981 to August 1982 . |
| 5 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it would be wrong to keep uneconomic pits open by trying to protect them from competition from imported coal ? |
| 6 | If we seek to protect ourselves from doubt in matters of belief , the result will be ‘ inactivity ’ . |
| 7 | Now what do you reckon is the most difficult … the most dangerous job in sport … boxer … jump jockey … racing driver you could argue all night could n't you … what about a chap who has to protect himself from head to foot … gets fired at … and skates on ice … in other words the netminder in ice hockey … see for yourself in our Friday Feature |
| 8 | In both cases the creditor had left it to the debtor husband to deal with the surety , his wife , and had done nothing to satisfy itself that she understood what she was doing or to protect her from abuse by the debtor of the influence and reliance that would be likely to be present . |
| 9 | I 'm not saying I condone it , ’ he interpreted her look , ‘ but at the moment maybe it 's all she has to protect her from feelings of inadequacy . ’ |
| 10 | The site is under military guard , ostensibly to protect it from attack by anti-government rebels of the New People 's Army . |
| 11 | An extreme and exceptional case is the small community outside the fort of Phasis in the province of Cappadocia , which was fortified by the governor solely to protect it from assault by invading Alans in the mid second century . |
| 12 | ‘ The body has a defence mechanism to protect it from invasion by foreign substances . |
| 13 | Added to this was the waxing of the fuselage interior to protect it from corrosion in the future . |