Protecting Sentence Examples

I spend my life protecting you.

Alex took great pride in protecting her.

Try not to act so happy about protecting us all from demons.

He was charged with protecting her.

He was merely protecting his investment.

Quinn, who was our resident computer and electronic guru, was given information about protecting our security.

It was his turn to protect her the way she never bothered protecting him.

She wished she had a moment to talk to Gabriel, the deity charged with protecting the dead, to make sure she wasn't doing something wrong.

Aren.t you supposed to be protecting the weak, puny human?

In her mind, she'd probably be protecting him.

So various are the conditions of selfregulation in various animals, both in respect of their peculiar and several modes of assimilating different foods, and of protecting themselves against particular dangers from without, that, as we might have expected, the bloods taken from different species, or even perhaps from different individuals, are found to be so divergent that the healthy serum of one species may be, and often is, poisonous to another; not so much in respect of adventitious substances, as because the phases of physiological change in different species do not harmonize; each by its peculiar needs has been modified until, in their several conditions of life, they vary so much about the mean as to have become almost if not quite alien one to another.

There was a fine line between protecting and smothering, though.

I know you would stand beside me - maybe even in front of me with the intent of protecting me.

A couple of them were talking quietly, but she didn't hear them, instead unable to fathom that anyone would find her life worth protecting after her father hadn't.

Damian issued few clean-up orders, for there was no way to maintain the discretion his Guardians needed to mask their shadow operations protecting humanity.

Maybe she could make a silver lining here, protecting the innocent.

It didn't matter that he'd been sentenced to Hell by the very people he was now charged with protecting.

There was more that he wasn't saying, and she suspected he was protecting her from the truth.

You are authorized to kill any threats to the woman you're protecting.

It wasn't going to take much for her to put together who, especially with the ultra-secret assignments protecting Deidre.

He grieved her choice but also believe she got what she deserved for betraying the souls they were all charged with protecting.

It was true, and only Andre supported his petition to be recognized as one of the seven sons charged by their father with protecting humanity against the Dark One.

You haven't, yet, because protecting me—albeit poorly—is still your duty.

She wasn.t sure if she should thank him for protecting him or curse him for the kiss.

But, if he could get some use out of him before it came time to kill him, he might have a better chance of protecting Katie.

I.m sworn to protect Toby, and I.ve done my duty in protecting Sasha, who is also my brother, according to the Code and the oaths I swore to my father and the Council!

The young boy would be the only person Dean could think of who Cynthia would care enough to at least consider protecting.

We can't say if she planned on killing him with it or was just protecting herself but later she used it to cut his line.

Edith Shipton was protecting the one person she truly loved, her son Donnie.

His thoughts went to the injured woman he was charged with protecting.

He died because he was protecting me.

The bowler delivers his bowl with one foot on a mat or footer, made of india-rubber or cocoanut fibre, the size of which is also prescribed by rule as 24 by 16 in., though, with a view to protecting the green, Australasian clubs employ a much larger size, and require the bowler to keep both feet on the mat in the act of delivery.

In the course of a bloody insurrection in Catalonia, which ended in the bombardment of Barcelona, Ferdinand de Lesseps showed the most persistent bravery, rescuing from death, without distinction, the men belonging to the rival factions, and protecting and sending away not only the Frenchmen who were in danger, but foreigners of all nationalities.

Cromwell, who was as a rule especially scrupulous in protecting non-combatants from violence, justified his severity in this case by the cruelties perpetrated by the Irish in the rebellion of 1641, and as being necessary on military and political grounds in that it "would tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future, which were the satisfactory grounds of such actions which otherwise cannot but work remorse and regret."

They perform a useful function in protecting their clients from the cruel usury which prevails, especially in the south.

Shortly afterwards his term of office was brought to a close by the failure of an attempt to secure for Italy a coaling station at Sanmen and a sphere of influence in China; but his policy of active participation in Chinese affairs was continued in a modified form by his successor, the Marquis Visconti Venosta, who, entering the reconstructed Pelloux cabinet in May 1899, retained the portfolio of foreign affairs in the ensuing Saracco administration, and secured the despatch of an Italian expedition, 2000 strong, to aid in repressing the Chinese outbreak and in protecting Italian interests in the Far East (July 1900).

Now for a short time the document leaves the great questions at issue between the king and the barons, and two chapters are devoted to protecting the people generally against the exactions of the Jews.

Such are the " guard-polyps " (machopolyps) of Plumularidae, which are often regarded as individuals of the nature of dactylozoids, but from a study of the mode of budding in this hydroid family Driesch concluded that the guard-polyps were not true polyp-individuals, although each is enclosed in a small protecting cup of the perisarc, known as a nematophore.

The spadix forms a gelatinous cyst, the so-called acrocyst (ac), external to the gonotheca (gth), enclosing and protecting the embryos.

In Microhydra no such protecting case is formed.

These adaptations tend to lessen the amount of transpiration by protecting the stomata from the movements of the air.

Metamorphosis.It has already been pointed out that each kind of member of the body may present a variety of forms. For example, a stem may be a tree-trunk, or a twining stem, or a tendril, or a thorn, or a creeping rhizome, or a tuber; a leaf may be a green foliage-leaf, or a scale protecting a bud, or a tendril, or a pitcher, or a floral leaf, either sepal, petal, stamen or carpel (sporophyll); a root may be a fibrous root, or a swollen tap-root like that of the beet or the turnip. All these various forms are organs discharging some special function, and are examples of what Wolff called modification, and Goethe metamorphosis.

The line of fortresses protecting Austria from Italy lies in some places well back from the political boundary, but just inside the linguistic frontier, so as to separate the German and Italian races occupying Austrian territory.

Hills nearly enclose the city, protecting it from the ocean fogs.

As another means of opposing Western influence in south-eastern Europe, Prince Lobanov inclined to the policy of protecting rather than weakening the Ottoman empire.

From the early days of railways parliament has also been careful to provide for the safety of the public by inserting in the general or special acts definite conditions, and by laying upon the Board of Trade the duty of protecting the public using a railway.

The stipules of the leaves act as protecting scale-leaves in the winter-bud and fall when the bud opens in spring.

It could be carried out where the infected persons are few, by isolating and protecting them, but not where many are infected, as in native villages.

Grabusa, long regarded as an impregnable fortress, was surrendered in 1692, Suda (where the flags of Turkey and the four protecting powers are now hoisted) and Spinalonga in 1715.

According to the autonomous constitution of 1899 the supreme power was vested in Prince George of Greece, acting as high commissioner of the protecting powers.

Notwithstanding the advance of £160,000 made by the four protecting powers after the institution of autonomous government and the profits (£61,937) derived from the issue of a new currency in 1900, there was at the beginning of 1906 an accumulated deficit of £23,470, which represents the floating debt.

In tropical countries ants sometimes make their nests in the hollow thorns of trees or on leaves; species with this habit are believed to make a return to the tree for the shelter that it affords by protecting it from the ravages of other insects, including their own leaf-cutting relations.

The very laws which were made during successive reigns for protecting the tillers of the soil from spoil are the best proofs of the deplorable state of the husbandman."' In the r7th century those laws were made which paved the way for an improved system of agriculture in Scotland.

The assaults, of the Dalmatian pirates, attracted by the growing wealth of the city, necessitated the building of strong castellated houses, of which no example has come down to our day, but we may gather what they were like from Petrarch's description of his house on the Riva degli Schiavoni, with its two flanking towers, probably retaining the primitive form, and also from the representations of protecting towers which occur in Carpaccio's pictures.

Remains of the bridge of the Via Aemilia over the Rhenus have also been found - consisting of parts of the parapets on each side, in brick-faced concrete which belong to a restoration, the original construction (probably by Augustus in 2 B.C.) having been in blocks of Veronese red marble - and also of a massive protecting wall slightly above it, of late date, in the construction of which a large number of Roman tombstones were used.

The numerous harbours are chiefly artificial, usually located at the mouths of streams, the improvements consisting of two parallel piers extending into the lake and protecting a dredged channel.

With James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, Mason carried through the Virginia legislature measures disestablishing the Episcopal Church and protecting all forms of worship. In politics he was a radical republican, who believed that local government should be kept strong and central government weak; his democratic theories had much influence in Virginia and other southern and western states.

They are the protecting deities of the community.

The military vocation of Rome was now felt to have reached its normal limits; and the emperors, understanding that, in the future, industrial activity must prevail, prepared the abolition of slavery as far as was then possible, by honouring the freedmen, by protecting the slave against his master, and by facilitating manumissions.

Fravashi properly means "confession of faith," and when personified comes to be regarded as a protecting spirit.

The evacuation of Crete by the four protecting powers was followed in 1909 by renewed agitation.

In J u d y 1909, however, the Greek flag was hoisted in Canea and Candia, and it was only lowered again after the war-ships of the protecting powefs had been reinforced and had landed an international force.

Bizerta occupies the site of the ancient Tyrian colony, Hippo Zarytus or Diarrhytus, the harbour of which, by means of a spacious pier, protecting it from the north-east wind, was rendered one of the safest and finest.

The town lies in the midst of luxuriant trees, and the noble sweep of the Tay, the effectively situated bridge, the magnificent grounds of Dunkeld House, and the protecting mountains combine to give it a very romantic appearance.

In 1897 an Indian Immigration Restriction Act was passed with the object of protecting European traders; in 1903 another Immigration Restriction Act among other things, permitted the exclusion of all would-be immigrants unable to write in the characters of some European language.

But it is expensive, and tin vessels have to be made very heavy to give them sufficient stability of form; hence it is generally employed merely as a protecting coating for utensils made essentially of copper or iron.

Naturally, as the temperature became lower, a new function was gradually acquired by his clothing, that of protecting the body of the wearer.

A very remarkable instance of an acquired means of protecting a wound against parasitical invasion is to be found in granulations.

At Wheal Cock near St Just in Cornwall the protecting roof was so thin that holes bored for blasting more than once penetrated to the bed of the ocean, and wooden plugs were kept on hand to drive into such holes when this occurred.

When large areas are undermined, as in submarine coal mining, it is best to have several hundred feet of protecting rock.

We may say, however, that they fall into two classes, general and specific. The general included all that might come under the idea of loyalty, seeking the lord's interests, keeping his secrets, betraying the plans of his enemies, protecting his family, &c. The specific services are capable of more definite statement, and they usually received exact definition in custom and sometimes in written documents.

Over both sandstone and granite great sheets of lava have been poured, and these, protecting the softer beds beneath from further denudation, now stand up as the high plateaus and hills called harra.

Arrangements were accordingly made with the Wahhabis, and on the 10th of April Ahmad Feizi Pasha left aina, ostensibly with the object of protecting the pilgrim road, and joined the Medina column by the end of the month.

This advantage is especially observed in some cases in which the charge of the furnace is liable to attack the containing vessel at high temperatures, as it is often possible to maintain the outer walls of the electric furnace relatively cool, and even to keep them lined with a protecting crust of unfused charge.

Again, side by side with gods of superior rank, certain heroes were worshipped as protecting spirits of the country or state; such were the Aeacidae amongst the Aeginetans, Ajax son of Oileus amongst the Epizephyrian Locrians and Hector at Thebes.

The principal differences are the complication of the ciliated band, the absence of the excretory organ, the great lateral compression of the body, the possession of a pair of shells protecting the sides, the presence of an organ known as the "pyriform organ," and the occurrence of a sucker in a position corresponding with the depression seen between (m) and (a) in fig.

Professions, such as the law or medicine, observe a code of etiquette, which the members must observe as protecting the dignity of the profession and preventing injury to its members.

Alliances with various land powers, and an inability to understand the true relations which alone could unite the league, combined to alienate the allies, who could discover no reason for the expenditure of their contributions on protecting Sparta or Corinth against Thebes.

On the 9th of July was issued the famous religious edict, which forbade Evangelical ministers to teach anything not contained in the letter of their official books, proclaimed the necessity of protecting the Christian religion against the "enlighteners" (Aufkltirer), and placed educational establishments under the supervision of the orthodox clergy.

The ancient town (of Sicel origin, probably, despite its Greek name) takes its name from the headland (icey5aXal, head) upon which it stood (1233 ft.); its fortifications extended to the shore, on the side where,the modern town now is, in the form of two long walls protecting the port.

The young of many of these insects are green and soft-skinned, protecting themselves by the well-known frothy secretion that is called " cuckoo-spit."

Having thus taken upon himself the control of Bavaria, Charles felt himself responsible for protecting its eastern frontier, which had long been menaced by the Avars, a people inhabiting the region now known as Hungary.

In both forms it is usual to have the space between the bulb and the protecting sheath partly filled with mercury or alcohol to act as a conductor and reduce the time necessary for the thermometer to acquire the temperature of its surroundings.

In 589 his fellow citizens entrusted Pittacus with despotic power (with the title of Aesymnetes) for the purpose of protecting them against the exiled nobles, at the head of whom were Alcaeus and his brother Antimenides.

Their arms comprise two short swords, a longer spear, a round shield, and they sometimes wear a coat of mail; a curious feature is their tactics of fighting in a circle of protecting shields.

Men are defining and protecting the positions they have inherited; they do not think of progress.

The state itself had its own Lares, called praestites, the protecting patrons and guardians of the city.

The old view that the Lares were the deified ancestors of the family has been rejected lately by Wissowa, who holds that the Lar was originally the protecting spirit of a man's lot of arable land, with a shrine at the compitum, i.e.

In carrying out this policy of government regulation and supervision of corporations he became involved in a great struggle with the powerful financial interests whose profits were threatened, and with those legislators who sincerely believed that government should solely concern itself with protecting life and property, and should leave questions of individual and social relations in trade and finance to be settled by the operation of so-called natural economic laws.

The natives of protected states owe not only allegiance to them, but also certain duties, ill defined, to the protecting state.

Unsupported by shipping, the American armies fought toward the sea with the mountains at their back protecting them against Indians leagued with the British.

Cottonwoods flourish along the Little Missouri river, and in sheltered ravines grow stunted junipers and cedars, which seldom rise above the crest of some protecting bluff.

He was employed by Napoleon to superintend the engineering operations for protecting the province of Ferrara against the inundations of the Po and for draining and improving the Pontine Marshes.

The holiness of Israel centres in the sanctuary, and round the sanctuary stand the priests, who alone can approach the most holy things without profanation, and who are the guardians of Israel's sanctity, partly by protecting the one meeting-place of God and man from profane contact, and partly as the mediators of the continual atoning rites by which breaches of holiness are expiated.

From the name Assaracus, from the intercourse between the Phoenicians and the early inhabitants of the Troad, and from the connexion of Aphrodite, the protecting goddess of the Phoenicians, with Anchises, it has been inferred that his family was originally of Assyrian origin.

At Algiers the energies of the French were devoted to protecting themselves against the incursions of the Hajutas.

In 1793 he became commissary to the army, protecting the coasts of Brittany from projected descents of the British, or of French royalists.

A desperate battle was fought on the Dogger Bank on the 5th of August between Sir Hyde Parker and the Dutch admiral Zoutman, both being engaged in protecting trade; but Holland did not affect the general course of the war.

As he had just spoken of " returning the gracious protecting god to Assur," and spells the name Ni-nu-a, there can be no doubt that Nineveh is meant.

Blyth is also in considerable favour as a wateringplace; there are a pleasant park, a pier, protecting the harbour, about i m.

At first he professed to rule only with the advice of a council formed of the nobles, but when his power became established he dispensed with this show of republican government, and then gave himself the appearance of a legitimate title by protecting an impostor who professed to be the caliph Hisham II.

The spores germinate on a damp surface and enter the cortex through small cracks or wounds in the protecting layer.

This agreement does not include any armaments for the purpose of protecting the shore and ports, and each party will be at liberty to acquire any vessels (maquina flotante) intended for the protection thereof, such as submarines, &c.

Henceforth they never pursued an independent policy, but followed the lead of protecting powers.

But Henry was incapable of protecting with the strong hand the rights which he had recovered by his double-dealing.

Hamilton originated in the 15th century under the protecting influence of the lords of Hamilton, and became a burgh of barony in 1456 and a royal burgh in 1548.

This suggests that the resemblance to the pugnacious drongo may be beneficial in protecting the defenceless cuckoo from enemies.

Transfer chrysanthemums to sheltered positions out of doors, and provide means of protecting them from frost and cutting winds.

Plant out, during the last week, dahlias, hardy pelargoniums, stocks and calceolarias, protecting the dahlias from slight frosts.

Towards the Jews, however, he acted with exceptional lenity, protecting them from persecution and securing them the enjoyment of their legal privileges.

Liege with twelve forts and Namur with nine forts are the fortified tetes de Pont protecting the two most important passages of the Meuse.

Instead of this the Russian chancellor Nikita Panin proposed an armed league to embrace all the neutral powers, for the purpose of protecting neutral shipping in time of war.

His neutrality treaty with Sweden (17th of March 1794), for protecting their merchantmen by combined squadrons, was also extremely beneficial to the Scandinavian powers, both commercially and politically.

A few months later the attempt of Passanante to assassinate King Humbert at Naples (12th of December 1878) caused his downfall, in spite of the courage displayed and the severe wound received by him in protecting the king's person on that occasion.

Then the Romanists, under the guidance of Cardinal Campeggio and the archduke Ferdinand, met at Regensburg and decided to take strong and aggressive measures to destroy Lutheranism, while, on the other hand, representatives of the cities met at Spires and at Ulm, and asserted their intenfion of forwarding and protecting the teaching of the reformed doctrines.

In Bohemia they demanded, as a means of protecting themselves against the effect of the language ordinances, that the country should be divided into two parts; in one German was to be the sole language, in the other Czech was to be recognized.

It was thus left to Athens to expend men and money on protecting a democracy by the aid of which she had hoped practically to control the Peloponnesus.

One of his first acts, after preventing the application of capital punishment to the ringleaders of the revolt, was to veto the project of protecting the khedive and his government by means of a Praetorian guard recruited from Asia Minor, Epirus, Austria and Switzerland, and to insist on the principle that Egypt must be governed in a truly liberal spirit.

But there was to be no embarking on a general scheme of reforms, which would increase unnecessarily the responsibilities of the protecting power and necessitate the indefnite prolongation of the military occupation.

The young khedive was made therefore to understand that he must not make such changes in the administration without a previous agreement with the representative of the protecting power; and a compromise was effected by which Fakhri Pasha retired, and the post of premier was confided once more to Riaz.

In effect it was a European recognition that Britain was the protecting power in Egypt.

An incident occurred in June 1906 which illustrated the danger which might arise if anything happened to beget the idea that the protecting power had weakened its hold.

With the ending of this dispute and the strengthening of the British garrison in Egypt a demonstration was given of the ability of the protecting power to maintain its position.

Their function is the twofold one of protecting the embryo and of aiding in dissemination; they may also directly promote germination.

But it was only in the case of a small number of temples that this protecting right of a deity was recognized with common consent.

The Naturalization Act 1870, which now governs the matter for England, does not say that the person naturalized becomes thereby a British subject, to which, if it had been said, a proviso might have been added saving the above-mentioned policy of the foreign office as to not protecting him in his old country, although even without such a proviso the foreign office would have been free to follow that policy.

The necessity of carrying on the government of the country somehow or other had been the chief motive of his adherence to Cromwell rather than any sympathy for a republic or a military dictatorship, and his advice to Cromwell to accept the title of king was doubtless tendered with the object of giving the administration greater stability and of protecting its adherents under the Statute of Henry VII.

A trained soldier is often afraid at sea, a trained sailor lost if he has not the protecting sense of his own ship beneath him.

By the treaty of Paris (9th November 1815) the contracting powers - Great Britain, Russia, Austria and Prussia - agreed to place the "United States of the Ionian Islands" under the exclusive protection of Great Britain, and to give Austria the right of equal commercial advantage with the protecting country, a plan strongly approved by Count Capo d'Istria, the famous Corfiot noble who afterwards became president of the new republic of Greece.

In the vain hope of protecting his sister Berenice, the new king of Egypt, Ptolemy III.

Argument Hera presiding over and protecting married life and childbirth.

An agreement with France at the beginning of the decade secured to Indian produce imported into that country the benefits of the minimum tariff, thus protecting the coffee industry from taxation in French ports on a scale which would have seriously hampered the trade.

Local militia, protecting none who refused to join in the common defence, and all serving " not as soldiers but as farmers mutually pledged to protect each other from the depredations of outlaws who infest the state," strove to secure such public order as was necessary to the gathering of crops, so as "to prevent the starvation of the citizens" (governor's circular, 1865).

On the west there are narrow coast plains of limited extent, deep gulfs, which offer facilities for trade and commerce, and a fringe of protecting islands.

Honest and moderate, protecting the middle classes against exactions of the nobles, he exercised a happy influence upon the south, in spite of his naturally despotic character and his continual and pressing need of money.

The occupation of Caporetto threatened to open another route nearly as short, but the possession of Monte Maggiore and the Stol, together with Monte Matajur, gave good hope that the advance of the enemy might be quickly brought to a halt when it had outrun the protecting fire of its own guns.

Moreover, expenditure in the port which is incurred in protecting the cargo as in warehousing it, is by English practice treated as a charge to be borne by the cargo for whose benefit it was incurred.

He was also regarded as the protecting spirit of the state and of individuals.

Having thus succeeded in drawing the electric fire from the clouds, Franklin conceived the idea of protecting buildings from lightning by erecting on their highest parts pointed iron wires or conductors communicating with the ground.

Raphael, "one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and go in before the glory of the Holy One," resembles the protecting spirit Sraosha.

This is the beginning of the species-god, and implies a step of thought comparable to the production in language of general terms. These protecting spirits were free beings, having form and shape, but not individualized; while above them rose the higher deities like the forest-god Tapio and his maiden Hillervo, protectress of herds, or Ahto the water-god who gradually took the place of Vesi, the actual element originally conceived as itself divine, and ruled over the spirits of lakes and rivers, wells and springs.

After the assassination of Sigebert (575), the province was ruled by Chilperic for nine years, during which period Gregory displayed the greatest energy in protecting his town and church from the Frankish king.

When applied to broken skin or exposed surfaces it coagulates the albumen in the discharges, forming a protecting layer or coat.

At the same time, however, their dealings were nominally under the supervision of the Jews' exchequer, and a number of regulations were enforced, partly with the view of protecting borrowers and partly that the king might know how much his Jews could afford to pay.

He began by protecting and promoting the Swedish reformers Olavus and Laurentius Petri, and Laurentius Andreae.

In England the pine is largely employed as a " nurse " for oak trees, its conical growth when young admirably adapting it for this purpose; its dense foliage renders it valuable as a shelter tree for protecting land from the wind; it stands the sea gales better than most conifers, but will not flourish on the shore like some other species.

For inflammation of the mouth a similar combination is used as a mouth wash, in the throat as a gargle, and in the nose as a wash and sometimes as an ointment or spray, the ointment possessing the advantage of protecting the delicate nasal mucous membrane from irritation by stopping the entrance of irritant dust into the nasal cavities.

According to ancient authorities, she was a goddess who relieved men from pain and sorrow, or delivered the Romans and their flocks from angina (quinsy); or she was the protecting goddess of Rome and the keeper of the sacred name of the city, which might not be pronounced lest it should be revealed to her enemies; it was even thought that Angerona itself was this name.

These treaty states, as they were called, were intended to serve Treat States double purpose; they would be a barrier protecting the colony from the inroads of hostile tribes, and they would enable native civilized nations to grow up (under the tutelage of the missionaries) strong enough to protect themselves from the encroachments of the whites.

The effect of the act was to impose upon the judges under severe sanction the duty of protecting personal liberty in the case of criminal charges and of securing speedy trial upon such charges when legally framed; and the improvement of their tenure of office at the revolution, coupled with the veto put by the Bill of Rights on excessive bail, gave the judicature the independence and authority necessary to enable them to keep the executive within the law and to restrain administrative development of the scope or penalties of the criminal law; and this power of the judiciary to control the executive, coupled with the limitations on the right to set up "act of state" as an excuse for infringing individual liberty is the special characteristic of English constitutional law.

The story is that the Abbot of St Augustine, Canterbury, diverted the funds by which the sea-wall protecting Earl Godwin's island was kept up, for the purpose of building Tenterden steeple, the consequence being that in 1099 an inundation took place and ."Tenterden steeple was the cause of the Goodwin Sands."

He also was involved in hostilities with the Gepidae, whose support of Ildichis he repaid by protecting Ustrogotthus, a rival of their king Thorisind.

His surname was usually derived by later Greek writers from the name of his supposed birthplace, Gonni (Gonnus) in Thessaly; some take it to be a Macedonian word signifying an iron plate for protecting the knee; neither conjecture is a happy one, and in our ignorance of the Macedonian language it must remain unexplained.

The rhopalia are lodged in the notches be tween the marginal lobes of the umbrella, and each rhopalium is covered over by a little protecting flap or lappet.

In this respect they are in the same position as all other local authorities, with respect to whom it has been laid down that they may without any express power in that behalf use the funds at their disposal for protecting themselves against any attack made upon their existence as a corporate body or upon any of their powers or privileges.

In recent years enterprising traders have raised foxes by culture and by especially protecting certain small islands, and this has furnished employment to whole communities of natives.

The territories of chartered companies, when not within the dominion of the protecting state, may also for some purposes be regarded as protectorates.

Attempts have been made to define the reciprocal rights and duties of protecting and protected states.

Nor does the new relation make any change as to the nationality of the subjects of the two states, though in some countries facilities are afforded to the subjects of the Unterstaat to transfer their allegiance; and they owe a certain ill-defined degree of obedience to the protecting state.

In one view, for the purpose of municipal law, the territory of a protectorate is not, but for the purposes of international law is, within the territory of the protecting state.

According to one view, the protected state is implicated in the wars to which the protecting state is a party only when the latter has acquired a right of military occupation over the territory of the Former.

In the event of hostilities between the protecting and protected states, such hostilities would be regarded not as of the nature of an insurrection, but as a regular war (Trione, 149).

The distinct tendency, especially as to protectorates over uncivilized countries, is to treat, for purposes of international law, the territory of a protectorate as if it belonged to the protecting state.

The tendency is for protecting states to assert jurisdiction over foreigners within the territories of the protected states (Westlake, 187; Jenkyns, p. 176; Ilbert, 2nd ed., 393, 434).

During his last two commands he was engaged first in overlooking the measures taken to meet a threatened invasion, and then in directing the movements of the numerous small squadrons and private ships employed on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and in protecting trade.

The reclaiming and protecting of the riparian lands went on rapidly under the Romans, and in several places the rectangular divisions of the ground, still remarkably distinct, show the military character of some of the agricultural colonies.

The Manchester Education Union and the Birmingham Education League had already formulated in the provinces the two opposing theories, the former standing for the preservation of denominational interests, the latter advocating secular rate-aided education as the only means of protecting Nonconformity against the Church.

While in classical times Asclepius and Hygieia are simply the god and goddess of health, in the declining years of paganism they are protecting divinities generally, who preserve mankind not only from sickness but from all dangers on land and sea.

It dealt with the natives residing in certain native reserves, and in addition to providing for their interests and holdings, and in other ways protecting the privileges accorded to them, the principle of the duty of some degree of labour devolving upon every able-bodied native enjoying these privileges was asserted, and a small labour tax was levied.'

There was also a considerable amount of new legislatiofl with the object of protecting the minor subjects of the crown, and the system of trial by jurors was advanced to the detriment of the absurd old practices of trial by ordeal and trial by wager of battle.

He believes that inorganic iron saves the organic iron of the food by combining with the sulphur, and improves anaemia by protecting the organic food iron.

It is extremely questionable, in particular, whether fasting be so efficient as it is sometimes supposed to be in protecting against temptation to fleshly sin.

The walls along the Marmora and the Golden Horn represent the great restoration of the seaward defences of the capital carried out by the emperor Theophilus in the 9th century; while the walls between Tekfour Serai and the Golden Horn were built long after the reign of Theodosius II., superseding the defences of that quarter of the city in his day, and relegating them, as traces of their course to the rear of the later works indicate, to the secondary office of protecting the palace of Blachernae.

The protecting influence of Artemis was extended, like that of Apollo, to the highest animal, man.

He was led by a protecting angel to the beginning of time when Satan, supported by an angel called Adam, was in full rebellion against God.

Some thoughtful men saw clearly the danger of leaving Ireland to be seized by the first chance corner, and the Libel of English Policy, written about 1436, contains a long and interesting passage declaring England's interests in protecting Ireland as " a boterasse and a poste " of her own power.

Pitt was now very zealous in defending the interests of his employers against the new East India Company, and in protecting their settlements from the attacks of the natives; in directing the commercial undertakings of the company he also appears to have been very successful.

Canovas assured the queenregent that he was ready to undertake the task of protecting the new state of things if it was thought wise to continue the Conservative policy of the late king, but in the circumstances created by his death, he must frankly say that he considered it advisable to send for Seor Sagasta and ask him to take the reins of government, with a view to inaugurate the regency under progressive and conciliatory policy.

Those among them who cannot, for various reasons, adopt the cellar-wintering plan are obliged to provide what are termed " chaff-covers " for protecting their bees in winter.

Thus no change is needed in winter or summer, the air-space protecting the bees from cold in winter and heat in summer.

Ferric oxide, though not strictly infusible, is largely used as a protecting lining for furnaces in which malleable iron is made, a portion of the ore being reduced and recovered in the process.

His only concern was protecting his business, even if he had to marry someone he didn't love.

We're commanded by the White God, who is charged with protecting humanity against the Black God, commonly referred to as the devil.

He felt no wards protecting the station and shivered, wondering how many Guardians would be lost between now and when he could find and kill the Magician.

What is her life in exchange for thousands of Guardians and the humans they're protecting?

I want to know why a Guardian is so interested in protecting a Black God.

As the head of the Immortal Council That Was Seven, Rhyn was charged with protecting the human population from demons.

You haven't, yet, because protecting me --albeit poorly --is still your duty.

What price love? he thought, to take one's own life for the simple expedient of protecting the other participant, a co-sinner, no less responsible for their sins together.

As soon as Dean mentioned the luggage and briefcase locked in the trunk of the car, Fred insisted on protecting this valuable evidence by bringing them in—just for safekeeping.

He didn't turn them into vamps or kill them; he had an agreement with the local Guardians – charged with protecting humans from vampires like him – that he'd let them go.

I spent my eternity dedicated to protecting the human realm from the immortal one.

Jenn was as responsible for protecting Naturals as Xander was turning them into vampires.

By doing this they are protecting natural populations in the forest, sustaining biological diversity in vivo.

I want to reiterate the importance of protecting our homes.

But regulation has to tread a fine line between protecting the public interest and stifling the industry by being too risk adverse.

Grape Seed Extract is a potent antioxidant for protecting skin tissue.

A major liver protecting nutrient is vitamin E. E is generally recognized as the major lipid fat-soluble antioxidant in human tissue.

The Hood Concept Six range has hi-tech soft knitted aramid protecting the main crash points.

This makes it ideal in preventing arteriosclerosis and assisting in protecting against cardiovascular disease.

Give lips the kiss of life with a new protecting lip balm for men.

Protecting your home Latest Home Office figures have revealed that domestic break-ins have risen by 7.9% over the past year.

And of course protecting Peebles-shire cattle and maidens from the Gaelic caterans and reivers.

Current rules require that any youngster playing as pitcher must wear a codpiece - a tin cup protecting the testicles.

But in doing so, law enforcement must remain cognizant of the need to protect the law-abiding public's privacy while protecting the public.

The Treaty parties remain firmly committed to a system that is still effective in protecting their essential Antarctic interests.

The reason you need to consider security is to show you were reasonably diligent in protecting the environment in which your records exist.

The designation of RIGS is one way of recognizing and thereby protecting important earth science and landscape features for the future.

Protecting these babies from necrotising enterocolitis will save them from having to undergo major surgery within the first few days or weeks of life.

Protecting free expression will often require hurting the feelings of individuals or groups, even if this damages social harmony.

The Iron Age promontory fort is one of several along the Heritage coast, protecting a potential landing point from coastal raiders.

There is not rough justice but rough injustice when neighborhoods are terrorized by gangs and the system is not capable of protecting them.

Cloche - A mini portable greenhouse used for protecting plants from the winter.

The problem with protecting computer systems today is that the enemy is not a teenage hacker in a darkened bedroom.

The main source of dust was from pneumatic hammers and at the time there was no known way of protecting against this.

The Hood Concept Six range has hi-tech soft knitted Aramid protecting the main crash points.

The legislation is a useful step in protecting SSNs and curbing identity theft.

Protecting your car from the weather as much as possible will ensure it remains immaculate.

Instead of protecting us with technology, they use the information superhighway to remove our liberties.

With Panasonic's advanced new video intercom systems, protecting your loved ones has never been easier!

The decision in Ropaigealach has highlighted the weaknesses of the law in protecting residential mortgagors.

Geneva Convention provisions were aimed at protecting noncombatants in times of war.

Essential tips and advice on how to avoid getting into sticky situations, protecting your valuables and keeping one-step ahead.

The press notice reference to protecting policyholders had been a bit unfortunate.

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She'd be a little ratter, kicking everyone and protecting everyone on her team.

Red Squirrels in South of Scotland Information about work protecting the endangered red squirrels in South of Scotland Information about work protecting the endangered red squirrel in Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders.

With protecting the the number of through alf reruns.

Physicians for Human rights USA The aim of physicians for human rights is to promote health by protecting human rights.

Sounds silly but the falcon knows that nothing likes going into thorn bushes, so she is protecting herself against retaliation by other rooks.

ComStation can enhance security by password protecting " ftp " folders on the web server.

Therapy in România is deeply committed to protecting children in România from all forms of abuse, including sexual, physical and emotional abuse.

With skin protecting ginseng and oil controlling walnut shell flour to leave skin silky smooth and balanced.

Think about insurance Extending your home may cost tending your home may cost tens of thousands of pounds, so itâs worth protecting your investment.

Don't fall for their old tosh about protecting your privacy, it's their privacy they are concerned with not yours!

In such cases, the regulator can play an important part in protecting the public from dishonest traders.

The priority has to be protecting the quality of daughter tubers as they develop throughout the ridge.

You explore alpine valleys and the snow-covered tundra in the company of Russian scientists charged with protecting the island.

Improved methods are being adopted for protecting vines against disease, and the importation of American vines has now ensured immunity against a repetition of former disasters.

In a few cases, indeed, we find very complicated systems of fortification - a wall of circumvallation with towers at the corners, protecting a small settlement of nuraghe-like buildings, as in the case of the Nuraghe Losa near Abbasanta and the Nuraghe Saurecci near Guspini; 2 or, as in the It has been widely believed that the Shardana, who occur as foreign mercenaries in Egypt from the time of Rameses II.

In the event of the company failing to comply with the demands of the department, the latter is empowered to refer the case to the Railway and Canal Commissioners, who form a special Court constituted by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act of 2888, for deciding, among other things, questions relating to rates and charges, for protecting traders from undue charges and undue preference, for regulating questions of traffic, and for deciding certain disputes between railway companies and the public. The Commissioners are then empowered to deal with the matter, and if " a railway company fail to comply with any order made by the Railway and Canal Commissioners, or to enforce the provisions of any schedule " approved by them, it is liable to a fine of a hundred pounds for every day during which the default continues.

The pupa either shows the appendages of the perfect insect, though these are encased in a sheath and adherent to the body, or else it is entirely concealed within the hardened and contracted larval integument, which forms a barrel-shaped protecting capsule or puparium.

The protecting powers had fixed the conditions preliminary to evacuation - (i) the organization of a native gendarmerie, (2) the maintenance of the tranquillity of the island, (3) the complete security of the Mussulman population.

Another source of trouble was the attitude of the emperor Sigismund, who, not content with protecting by his presence and as far as possible directing the deliberations of the "Universal Church," followed on more than one occasion a policy of violence and threats, a policy all the more irritating since, weary of his previously assumed role of peacemaker between the Christian powers, he had abruptly allied himself with the king of England, and adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards the king of France.

He also frequently employed his soldiers in collecting the taxes from the estates of those magnates who refused to contribute to the public burdens, in protecting the towns from the depredations of the robber barons, or in convoying the caravans of the merchants.

Among the many reforms introduced under his guidance were a workmen's compensation law; a survey of occupational diseases with recommendations for health insurance; the elimination of the sweatshop; the establishment of a state industrial commission for dealing with questions of labour and capital; the provision of a minimum wage and a nine-hour day for women; mothers' pensions; ratification of the proposed woman suffrage amendment; the budget system for state expenditures; pure food laws; a " blue sky " law for protecting investors from unscrupulous promoters; the initiative and referendum; a Corrupt Practices Act; the indeterminate sentence for convicts; improvement of rural schools; the establishment of a state tuberculosis hospital and the extension of safety devices on railways and in mines.

On May 31st of that year Sir Henry Storks left Corfu with with the first, which declared the islands one "sole free and independent state," the protecting Power availed itself of every ambiguity to extend its authority.

In addition to the foliage-leaves several genera also possess scale-leaves of various kinds, represented by budscales in Pinus, Picea, &c., which frequently persist for a time at the base of a young shoot which has pushed its way through the yielding cap of protecting scales, while in some conifers the bud-scales adhere together, and after being torn near the base are carried up by the growing axis as a thin brown cap. The cypresses, araucarias and some other genera have no true bud-scales; in some species, e.g.

My guess is that such people have some genetic factor protecting them against the adverse effects of bacon.

I assume that virtually everyone working in defense industries believes they are serving their country and protecting freedom.

Anyone who loves civilization necessarily appreciates the role of government in protecting liberties.

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She 'd be a little ratter, kicking everyone and protecting everyone on her team.

Red Squirrels in South of Scotland Information about work protecting the endangered red squirrel in Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders.

Today we 'd like to reiterate the importance of protecting our homes.

Parachute riggers are not responsible for safeguarding and protecting air equipment from pilferage.

Physicians for Human Rights USA The aim of physicians for human rights is to promote health by protecting human rights.

The Israeli Housing Ministry pays for the security measures aimed at protecting the Jewish settlers in these neighborhoods.

There was a tense standoff with the police, the protesters accusing them of protecting the " warmongers ".

We kept swaying backward and forward at an angle of forty-five degrees with no way of stopping or protecting ourselves.

Geof has taken on the role of caring for and protecting Jo.

Obviously, outlawing Coke cans and tampon applicators is the next step in protecting America 's youth from the scourge of pot.

Think about insurance Extending your home may cost tens of thousands of pounds, so itâs worth protecting your investment.

Do n't fall for their old tosh about protecting your privacy, it 's their privacy they are concerned with not yours !

There is even a built-in flash for shots as close as 15cm that highlights objects while protecting against any unwanted whiteout effects.

Protecting your family and baby does not mean that you have to let your fears overtake your life.

Protecting your child from all the perils of the world is something that every parent wants to do.

If you are going on an outdoor tour of your neighborhood's Christmas light displays, you'll want to make sure his outfit is nice and warm, protecting him from chilly weather.

These are parts of the car's frame that are designed to shoulder the lion's share of an impact while protecting you and your family.

With the sun's rays becoming more and more damaging everyday, seek out lipsticks that have UVA and UVB sun protecting ingredients!

Protecting your head while on a motorcycle should be second nature, much like shifting into second.

Just make certain you play it safe by studying up on firework safety tips and protecting yourself and your family from getting hurt.

Protecting your peepers is the most important thing about eyewear!

The cat's antibodies stop protecting the cat from infection and actually assist the virus in infecting white blood cells.

If the password is not protecting personal or financial information or does not let a stranger impersonate you by sending e-mail as you, the password can probably be fairly simple.

Reporting fraud is a tedious process, so focus on protecting yourself.

Most cards may be personalized with a photo of the user, which can help in protecting the user's account from fraudulent charges.

Protecting yourself from identity theft is possible, if you remain vigilant.

Protecting yourself from this type of theft requires diligence on your part.

Even though they're designed to be outdoors, protecting them from bad weather will help them last longer.

While outdoor fabrics like Sunbrella are designed to withstand the elements, protecting them will help them last longer.

Covering outdoor furniture with waterproof covers during inclement weather is one of the best ways of protecting it and increasing its lifespan.

Making sure your outdoor furniture covers fit properly is an important step in protecting your outdoor furniture.

Hybrids may be good for protecting the environment, but do they protect a consumer's wallet too?

By doing simple things like turning the water off when brushing their teeth or making a rain barrel to gather rainwater for watering the plants, children can begin to understand the importance of protecting water resources.

There's no better way to celebrate Earth Day than to get young people enthusiastic about protecting the environment.

Conserving the environment through recycling empowers all people to take up the challenge, especially when protecting the environment is as easy as tossing a can into a recycling bin.

An astringent works to cleanse and close the pores, protecting them from being clogged by dirt and oil.

Anthocyannins act as sunscreen for plants, protecting against UV damage.

It is also helpful for protecting inflamed and irritated internal tissues.

The field is concerned with preserving in the interior environment to protect the health of the inhabitants, as well as protecting the exterior environment.

They come in sets of four, representing the four sons of Horus, and each jar is decorated with a different god charged with protecting the organs of the dead so they could be used in the next life.

Angels are often depicted watching over our military troops or even our elected leaders in Christian art, as if protecting and guiding them.

These days, protecting your skin from the sun is a hot topic.

Eye primer holds the color in place, protecting it from light to moderate moisture like sweat or a few tears.

Bill Me Later is a new way to shop on the Internet while protecting your financial information.

However, when they are in place, you will find it easier to ski at a higher level and you will be protecting yourself from falls and inconsistencies.

In this way, a person can use their anger as a tool for protecting their interests and resolving problems, rather than simply making a situation worse.

Those who have a lot of moles and are constantly exposed to the sun without protecting their skin are also at an increased risk.

Knowing this, protecting your skin, at the earliest age possible, is the best way to prevent melanomas.

Safe chat for teens isn't all about avoiding potential sexual predators and protecting your personal information.

Bleach - Ichigo Kurosaki, an average teenage boy who just happens to be able to see ghosts, finds new purpose in his life when he ends up with the powers of a Soul Reaper, protecting the souls of the dead from evil Hollows.

More specifically, it bonds with the calcium that is stored in the brain, protecting cells and allowing them to stay alive longer.

If you choose to use a wooden rod, you can add custom appeal while protecting your fabric from splinters.

The campaign played a crucial role in protecting several unique species of Australian wildlife.

Since many infants possess the irritating habit of throwing off their shoes, socks become the next line of defense in protecting the temperature of baby's extremities.

Students who enter a career in homeland security also have the satisfaction of playing an important role in protecting the nation against terrorist attacks and other disasters.

Dog collars that use reflective stripes or designs will help your pet be seen more easily, protecting them from dangerous situations.

There are also stories of black canines, who were sacrificed in ancient rituals, haunting and protecting the area where they died.

Many of these flea control products also have the side benefit of protecting your pet from ticks, another health threat to you and your pet.

The foam cushion gives just enough to accommodate your pet's shape while still protecting it from the hard floor surface.

These foods are a source of fiber and phyto-nutrients that play a role in protecting dogs from certain types of cancers.

Guest columnist Wendy Nan Rees offers her thoughts on protecting dogs in winter.

A few protecting stones can be grouped so as to keep off the digger and other dangerous animals.

Like the other kinds, it loves the protecting of a wall, on which it blooms in summer.

Compost also makes good mulch for protecting and establishing new plants.

If you happen upon one of these beautiful specimens in your garden, know that he - or more likely she - is hard at work protecting your plants from aphids, grasshoppers, and a host of other garden pests.

While she may provoke a startle response from your garden visitors, an Argiope at your garden gate is a sentry, protecting you and your garden plants from wasps, mosquitos, aphids, grasshoppers, and several other pests.

Another method of protecting plants is to use a cloche.