layer of protection

collocation in English

meaningsoflayerandprotection

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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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protection
noun[U]
uk
/prəˈtek.ʃən/us
/prəˈtek.ʃən/
the act of protecting or state of ...
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(Definition oflayerandprotectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Tree and hedge planting form the finallayerofprotectionfrom the elements.
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These days, few items need only onelayerofprotection.
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This is something which can be easily overlooked in the well-intentioned clamour to provide anotherlayerofprotectionfor consumers.
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The nextlayerofprotectionis the certificate.
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Would it not therefore be sensible to have this otherlayerofprotectionin those cases?
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Clause 68 provides a furtherlayerofprotectionfor scheme measures.
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This is an internal market measure providing an additionallayerofprotectionfor member states' national treasures.
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While an insolvent business may have cut corners on the client account rules, they provide an extralayerofprotectionwhich is not available for building societies.
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Where such fear exists, the kind of agency that we have proposed would act as a fallback — that is, alayerofprotectionfor the tenants.
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They are the least experienced and most vulnerable house buyers, and the availability of a seller's pack, with a condition report, will provide a newlayerofprotection.
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They make up the stratum spinosum (prickly layer) of the epidermis and provide a continuous net-likelayerofprotectionfor underlying tissue.
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Phase 2 provided anotherlayerofprotectionby remediating or improving the identified deficiencies and weaknesses of an asset.
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This was the innermostlayerofprotectionfrom micrometeoroids.
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If pathogens successfully evade the innate response, vertebrates possess a secondlayerofprotection, the adaptive immune system, which is activated by the innate response.
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The cell wall acts to protect the cell mechanically and chemically from its environment, and is an additionallayerofprotectionto the cell membrane.
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Each provided an additionallayerofprotectionfrom invaders.
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To remain in the closet offers an individual alayerofprotectionagainst ridicule and bullying.
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The gusset plate is usually painted to match nearby steel and fixtures and to give it an extralayerofprotection.
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Usually deployed behind the traditional firewall, they provide a secondlayerofprotection.
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The cocoon provides a vitallayerofprotectionduring the vulnerable, almost motionless pupal state.
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