Example sentences of "protect [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that John truly believed that he was protecting her by keeping their love secret , but she was becoming frustrated and annoyed about the situation . |
| 2 | The echidna , Australia 's spiny anteater , protects itself by digging rapidly downwards until its soft underside is completely hidden and its enemy is offered only a sea of powerful , sharp spikes . |
| 3 | Central was a commitment to the universality of natural rights and the need to protect them by maintaining balanced systems of government in which concentrations of power were avoided . |
| 4 | Help to protect them by following these rules : |
| 5 | The Hammonds had placed Luddism as the resort to violence by traditional workers who had failed in the face of a growing laissez-faire |
| 6 | It was ‘ natural ’ and defensible , on the ground that one medium might reasonably seek to protect itself by investing in a competitor . |
| 7 | Nevertheless it was used in the early aeroplanes and an attempt was made to protect it by binding the joints with varnished tape which was never very effectual . |
| 8 | The superimposition of targets and penalties upon the GREA-based block-grant mechanism made the system very complex , whilst the uncertainties engendered by fluctuations in targets , penalties , GREAs and the like inhibited financial planning and encouraged a tendency for authorities to protect themselves by building up reserves ( Audit Commission , 1984b ; Comptroller and Auditor General , 1985 ) . |
| 9 | The banks themselves must weigh up lending costs and risks , and in many cases will seek to protect themselves by requesting some form of security , e.g. property deeds , bonds , stocks , etc. , from the borrower . |
| 10 | Yet few audit firms have chosen to protect themselves by becoming limited companies , an option that has been open to them since October last year . |
| 11 | We must protect ourselves by issuing a disclaimer on our liability for the accuracy of any information released , since the source data may be unreliable . |
| 12 | In cases of doubt , a trustee may protect himself by obtaining , at the cost of the trust property , the direction of the court , and the Trustee Act 1925 , s. 61 , had enabled the court to relieve a trustee , who has acted honestly and reasonably and ought fairly to be excused , from liability for breach of trust . |
| 13 | Users of injecting drugs can protect themselves by looking at a range of options for drug use other than injecting . |
| 14 | As we have seen , defendants can protect themselves by making written offers when they can not make an effective payment into court because they are faced with a split trial . |
| 15 | Indeed , with some topics if the teacher does not handle them indirectly , the class will hastily protect themselves by opting out , fooling around , etc . |
| 16 | You can protect yourself by keeping a count of what you drink . |
| 17 | The beetles protect theirs by turning the front pair into stiff thick covers which fit neatly over the top of the abdomen . |
| 18 | In theory there was a simple enough answer to that problem : have the machine protect itself by looking several moves ahead . |
| 19 | She could not glare at it or protect herself by clutching at the chair 's arms . |