protected

Examples of protecting

protecting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

It provided a windbreak for crops, and shelter for animals, as well as protecting against the cattle of others.
There were two simultaneous fronts, that of objectivity and that of autonomy (protecting medical science from the pressures exerted by patient associations).
Food handlers who acquire a cold and sneeze or cough should be excluded from food handling or should wear a protecting mask.
Although the value of housing stock rose rapidly, so did the costs of protecting it through insurance and private security services.
The rationale for this physical confinement was in terms of protecting the child and ensuring their safety at all times.
The reliability justification would treat present possessory interests as worth protecting, all other things being equal.
This has the advantage of protecting him from responsibility for anything either royal lady might take exception to.
The contrast between crown vigilance in protecting its income and its casual attitude toward complaints about dissent could not have been more marked.
He cannot, in other words, be assigned to the ranks of those primarily concerned with ' protecting ' religion from objective investigation.
We know how to set about protecting it.
Nevertheless, the press-then still vigilant about protecting personal freedom from medical statism-was alarmed.
There are other ways of protecting our food and agriculture.
Privatisation is usually part and parcel of standard reform packages, being also indirectly promoted by the requirements of reducing public deficits and protecting property rights.
There already exists a system for the use of confidential information whilst protecting the sensitivity of these issues.
The aim is to ensure adequate diversification, thus protecting the beneficiaries against insolvency of the sponsor and investment risks.
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