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Example sentences for: protecting

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With these mountain ranges protecting the eastern and southern frontiers, the mild Atlantic winds penetrate deep inland, bringing with them all the rain and sun needed for a highly productive agriculture, while avoiding the extremes of a continental climate.
The Congress cannot legislate nor can regulators establish by rule human behavior or integrity to always do the right thing in protecting the public's interest.
Lord Lamont of Lerwick, the former chancellor who elicited the written appeal, said, "I suspect that the representations have been made at the highest level, recognising the General's great contribution to protecting freedom during the Cold War."
The paper also usefully points out that China recently signed a UN document protecting religious freedom.
This argument combines the religious right's standard defensive posture (we're not imposing our values; we're just protecting them from assault) with liberal gender protectionism (e.g.