Example sentences of "[noun] protect [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We use the words in the sense of a psychic process by which the mind protects itself from undue or unbearable pain , anxiety or conflict . |
| 2 | In some places you can find dozens of enrolled trilobites together ; these are the remains of the animals themselves , not the moults , which presumably perished together after a fruitless attempt to protect themselves from a miniature catastrophe such as a sudden influx of sediment . |
| 3 | Casting aside Pennzoil 's claims that it had no intention of launching a bid , Chevron moved into top gear to protect itself against a takeover which could be worth $35billion and would revive memories of some of the biggest corporate battles of the 1970 's and 80's . |
| 4 | In Jennings , above , the accused had a sheathknife to protect himself from a person with whom he had been quarrelling . |
| 5 | This may occur where B , in endeavouring wrongfully to resist A's attempt to recapture the goods , commits an assault upon A and so justifies A in using violence to protect himself . |
| 6 | The 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development will be a test of the world 's commitment to take action to protect itself . |
| 7 | So the next two days were spent in readying and arming a mixed squadron of available craft , merchanters all , but every one necessarily accustomed to using defensive artillery to protect themselves from the English pirates who infested the Norse Sea . |
| 8 | But Earl Siward 's acts are not those of a friend , and I must take steps to protect myself . |
| 9 | Inevitably they led to the totally unnecessary deaths of many pet cats , as jittery owners took emergency steps to protect themselves from the dreaded twentieth-century plague . |
| 10 | Persons who are unsure whether their sexual partner has HIV infection should in any event take steps to protect themselves and their partner against possible transmission of the virus . |
| 11 | For the latter the risk was high and he took even more stringent steps to protect himself against default . |
| 12 | You are expected to take adequate steps to protect yourself . |
| 13 | It makes your body pour out masses of adrenalin to give you the strength to draw on your reserves to protect yourself and fight off the danger . |
| 14 | Some animals protect themselves against being eaten by containing poisonous or sickening substances . |
| 15 | No , Maggie protected herself at all times . |
| 16 | The decision to increase the Commission 's membership to 53 and to allot all the new seats to Third-World countries was seen as a further attempt by those countries to protect themselves , while a simultaneous Western proposal for measures to increase the Commission 's efficiency was defeated . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ It 's lonely being a long way ahead so you have to get youself into a cocoon to protect yourself from the thoughts that can trouble your mind . ’ |
| 18 | And you 'll say well , why else would they need to wear armour to protect themselves unless it was quite dangerous ? |
| 19 | Some people very frightened of their homosexual leanings may consciously or unconsciously enter a defensive marriage to protect themselves from these feelings . |
| 20 | And , although the skin thickens in the sun to protect itself , it does n't on a sunbed . |
| 21 | In theory there was a simple enough answer to that problem : have the machine protect itself by looking several moves ahead . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The door is closed to new members , and the membership protects itself against what it calls Proliferation with wire , guns , attack dogs , certainly , but above all with a suffocating cloak of secrecy . |
| 24 | It was the same in all the other areas of my life ; removed from the need to protect myself against the horrors of enhanced eidesis , I began to live as others did , blithely and unconsciously . |
| 25 | A dog 's defensive instinct is his need to protect himself and the other members of his pack , which in these days usually includes the family unit . |
| 26 | The unification of Germany protected the lifestyle of the Prussian Junkers — indeed , the Junkers ' need to protect themselves and their lifestyle from the disrupting effects of outside economic competition through the creation and extension of a tariff union had been one of the major components in the formation of the German state . |
| 27 | Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel . |
| 28 | Corbett felt as if he was in a nightmare ; the very smallness of the man made him a false opponent , almost cutting off Corbett 's blood lust and desire to protect himself . |
| 29 | Failure to protect yourself adequately could prove costly . |
| 30 | Much to the alarm of narcotics agents , cultivation is spreading as farmers seek cash to protect themselves from the hardships of war . |