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Example sentences of "to protect it against " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Its curly conker-red coat is thick enough to protect it against the cold and wet but becomes smooth and sleek in warmer weather .
2	A unit of traditional authority survived indeed in the Church ; but that rather favoured the independent cities , for with few exceptions each had its own cathedral and its own bishop ; often its own patron saint to protect it against its neighbours .
3	Most lenders of money , e.g. banks and building societies , insist that a home owner takes out an insurance for the worth of the building , to protect it against being accidentally destroyed .
4	Keeping in moisture to protect it against all manner of evils .
5	Local militia had to protect it against enthusiastic souvenir hunters .
6	The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights .
7	The mammoth had a shaggy coat to protect it against the rigours of the ice ages .
8	Flooring : Pastelle 100 per cent nylon carpet from the Shades of White range is treated with Stainmaster finish to protect it against spills and stains .
9	Having acquired the eastern coast of the Black Sea from the Turks , they found that forts were insufficient to protect it against raids from the interior .
10	It was held that the hotel could not rely on the notice to protect it against liability .
11	It was held that the company could not rely on the clause to protect it against liability when the dress was stained during the cleaning process .
12	Now I also said that the states which make up the United States were , for a brief period , independent entities themselves in the gap between the ending of revolutionary war and the framing of the constitution and so when their representatives assembled in Philadelphia in the summer of seventeen eighty seven , they were mindful of their independence and they were jealous of that independence , they wished to protect it against encroachment , they did n't wish to exchange one form of dominance for another .