adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
protective clothing
▪ Laboratory technicians have to wear special protective clothing.
protective custody (=custody that is meant to keep someone safe)
▪ The rebel leader has been placed in protective custody.
protective custody
▪ The children were taken into protective custody.
protective gloves
▪ Protective gloves and a safety helmet are worn to minimize injury.
safety/protective equipment
▪ Employers must provide safety equipment, and make sure it is used.
taken into protective custody
▪ The children were taken into protective custody.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
▪ But Mark Nicholas, his captain, took a rather more protective attitude.
▪ As for censorship, some governments will be more protective of their cyberspace than others.
▪ I think they should have been more protective.
very
▪ They were an elderly and well-meaning couple who appeared very protective towards her.
▪ And they were very protective of me the entire day.
▪ The authorities had become very protective, and one hardly blamed them.
▪ He was very protective about you.
▪ You were very protective back there in the cab.
▪ George was very protective towards Lennie.
■ NOUN
barrier
▪ However, many new serums act as a protective barrier and seem to improve hair suppleness, too.
▪ Wooden planters filled with annuals formed a low protective barrier around the perimeter.
▪ As a small child my nose just tipped over the protective barriers.
▪ The Rhode Island company also piled up other protective barriers.
▪ The simplest protective barrier is a geographical one, namely to conduct the training away from other centres of activity within the organisation.
▪ Saunders' body was lying against him as he tried to manoeuvre it against the protective barrier.
▪ You poke it up and in before the action begins, thus providing a protective barrier against pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases.
▪ By progressively melting and falling off, an ablative heat shield can form a very effective protective barrier.
clothing
▪ Obviously, you have to wear quite a lot of protective clothing to minimise the risk of getting injured.
▪ The inquest heard Mrs Weaver was an experienced horsewoman with the correct protective clothing and headgear.
▪ Hazardous materials should be provided in such a way that the appropriate protective clothing should automatically be provided.
▪ The self is a muffled self: it wears a suit of protective clothing.
▪ Health hazards arise since full protective clothing is unbearable in a tropical climate, even if the poor farmers could afford it.
▪ Embalmers are advised of the protective clothing required both for handling the chemicals and the deceased persons themselves.
▪ Voice over Firefighters wearing special protective clothing made their way through the dense smoke towards the fuel flask.
coating
▪ This gives a protective coating, and also stops the bogwood staining the water brown.
▪ The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States.
▪ All major protective coatings manufacturers will be faced with the same issues.
▪ Normally, the drug itself is retained by a protective coating which conceals its taste.
cover
▪ Once the ground has lost its protective cover of vegetation it quickly turns to desert.
▪ I touched my green card in my jacket pocket and felt the plastic protective cover between my fingers.
▪ You knew she'd be there tonight, which is why you needed me as protective cover.
▪ It requires putting a protective cover on the site, pumping out the contaminated substance, and then treating it.
▪ Therefore some early thought should be given to protective covers and storage.
▪ The heat of the launch was dealt with by the boost protective cover.
▪ The photograph was worn and cracked at the corners: it had been much handled before being placed in its protective cover.
custody
▪ But that we are being held in protective custody in a special private clinic.
device
▪ The crab effectively parasitises these protective devices for its own ends by placing the anemone on its shell.
effect
▪ They also show a protective effect of pregnancy and current use of the contraceptive pill.
▪ The protective effects of alcohol seen in this study were not strong enough, however, to overcome the effects of smoking.
▪ The presence of significant amounts of haemoglobin F has a protective effect against sickling and such individuals express relatively mild disease.
▪ The protective effect of helmets was seen among riders in all age groups, including children.
▪ However, the mechanism of these protective effects as well as the proposed inhibitory effect of phosphate have hardly been studied invivo.
▪ Neuroleptic medication provides some kind of protective effect against relapse.
▪ Melanin producing cells in our bodies are activated by ultraviolet light from the sun and can have a protective effect.
▪ These findings suggest that anaerobic bacterial activity has a protective effect on the ileal mucosa.
equipment
▪ They also revealed that employers were trying to cut costs on essential precautions such as vaccination and protective equipment and clothing.
▪ Personal protective equipment is defined as all equipment designed to be worn or held to protect against a hazard.
▪ Last, but not least, all protective equipment should be worn and safety rules honored.
▪ They should set an example by observing rules and regulations, using protective equipment, etc.
factor
▪ An interesting, yet largely unexplored area relates to protective factors that tend to prevent the expression of eating disorders.
▪ Affluence was hardly a protective factor for car owners.
▪ The vulnerability factors are argued to contribute to low self-esteem, or, as protective factors, to high self-esteem.
▪ Their finding suggests that pregnancy may confer on some women a protective factor making them less likely to act on suicidal urges.
instinct
▪ Just the helpless-looking type to bring out Al Moore's protective instincts.
▪ I have a protective instinct toward you.
▪ His protective instincts thoroughly aroused, he changed roles.
▪ It was the President, of course, who was the final object of their protective instincts.
▪ Her protective instincts were wonderful to watch.
▪ He looked over to the childlike form on his bed and felt a protective instinct so strong he almost wept.
▪ Beneath Lais's brittle facade there was a childlike quality that brought out the protective instinct in him.
layer
▪ High up in the sky was a protective layer of gas that screened out dangerous ultraviolet rays from the sun.
▪ They replace essential moisture whilst forming a protective layer to hold it in.
▪ That was until Norman Tebbit spotted what he believed was the biggest chance of holing the impenetrable protective layer around the bill.
▪ Lifting the lid she flung aside the protective layers of tissue-paper.
measure
▪ The report advises the use of sun cream and wide-brimmed hats as protective measures.
▪ Grand Forks County emergency protective measures also weren't available Monday.
▪ Environmental protective measures are suspended in the name of the economy, disrupting what had begun as a movement toward global sustainability.
mechanism
▪ Glutathione is an important constituent of intracellular protective mechanisms against a number of noxious stimuli including oxidative stress.
▪ It is important, however, to recall the protective mechanism against brain shrinkage.
▪ It's a very necessary protective mechanism.
▪ This is an important protective mechanism.
▪ They over-ride the normal protective mechanisms associated with pain.
▪ Prominent among the protective mechanisms that are controlled by nociceptive neurones is the microcirculation of the gastric mucosa.
▪ Hyperplasia is in fact initiated by the fish itself as a protective mechanism in response to hostile water conditions or parasite infestations.
service
▪ Law, order and the protective services account for 5.4%, Transport 4%, Environmental services 3.3% and Housing only 2.4%.
▪ Now, the protective services agency is under fire for its performance.
shell
▪ Further modification and mineralisation eventually produced two flat protective shells.
▪ I suspect a bird had found and eaten the caterpillars before they were finished spinning their protective shell.
▪ Beneath the wariness and studied detachment that made for a near-impenetrable protective shell, Alvin was lonelier than ever.
▪ The first views came when the robot had already entered the atmosphere, and had discarded its protective shell.
shield
▪ I kept my head down and the heavy bag well to the fore as a protective shield.
▪ These networks put a high premium on education and formed a strong protective shield for those who had gone far from home.
tariff
▪ Cobden's hero was the trader, who had no use for protective tariffs which impeded the expansion of commerce between nations.
▪ High protective tariffs penalized the peasant consumer.
▪ The highest protective tariffs were lowered, and the tax system was somewhat reformed.
wall
▪ Alternatively they can seek to avoid the protective wall by setting up subsidiaries and branches within the Community.
▪ The music blasted through the closed door and protective walls like a hounding monster.
▪ For the first thousand years or so of their existence, those earliest little towns were able to survive without protective walls.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ protective gloves
▪ a protective tariff on foreign textiles
▪ A dog may feel protective towards family members, and attack people who go near them.
▪ Burke was not wearing protective gear when the accident happened.
▪ Motorcyclists must wear protective helmets.
▪ My dad is very protective of me and has never liked any of my boyfriends.
▪ Remove the disk from its protective packaging.
▪ Society's attitude towards children who live in the streets is not always protective.
▪ Some countries have taken more drastic protective measures to save the rhinos.
▪ Wear protective glasses when working with the saw.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Grand Forks County emergency protective measures also weren't available Monday.
▪ Health hazards arise since full protective clothing is unbearable in a tropical climate, even if the poor farmers could afford it.
▪ His expression was stern, full of protective responsibility.
▪ It was only natural for them to become as protective of Bapi as they were of the tiniest infants in their care.
▪ Many boots have a protective rubber or composition rand around the welt to prevent water getting in.
▪ One worker would have suffered fatal burns had he not worn a protective chemical suit which was not routine for repair work.
▪ The government could impose restrictions on trade, grant monopolies to some industries, or favor others with protective laws.
▪ Workers frequently discover untended fires built on uncleared ground without protective rock rings.