protected environment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprotectedandenvironment
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protected
adjective
uk/prəˈtek.tɪd/us/prəˈtek.tɪd/
a protected area or animal is affected by laws that prevent it ...
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environment
noun
uk/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofprotectedandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprotected environment
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Parasitoids in thisprotectedenvironmenttend to be ectoparasites.
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Business students learn that incubation (time in aprotectedenvironment) gives new things time to develop.
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Press operated in aprotectedenvironmentwhich can no longer be maintained.
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The building of primordial genetic molecules, whatever they were, required the presence of aprotectedenvironment, allowing the synthesis/concentration/ protection of constituents and their correspondent polymers.
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The electrical industry operated in a highlyprotectedenvironment, thanks to its cozy relationships with the cantonal governments and the highly cartellized and regulated nature of the energy sector.
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Curson et al.36 notes that a substantial proportion of patients will have difficulty coping outside the hospital, as they already have problems coping within such aprotectedenvironment.
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They certainly flourished in the small classes andprotectedenvironmentthat the school provided.
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Such a revolution will not come about in aprotectedenvironment.
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The patients could be encouraged to achieve some independence in aprotectedenvironment.
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Both the citizens and theprotectedenvironmentare suffering.
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Our shiplift will be located within a large building and will provide aprotectedenvironmentfrom the weather in which to service the submarines.
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Until we have such a society, we shall not have the bestprotectedenvironmentthat both this country and the world as a whole yearn for increasingly every day.
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The need for special schools will continue for those pupils who, for a variety of reasons, need theprotectedenvironmentand specialist provision that only a special school can provide.
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National resources, aprotectedenvironmentand, perhaps as important as any, education, needed to be considered in the equation.
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Tribal leaders and elders had their headquarters in theirprotectedenvironmentand some of the tribal general assemblies took place inside them.
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Since paint introduces small amounts of potentially toxic chemicals into aprotectedenvironment, it is often preferred to keep the blazes small.
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The salmon spawning grounds are also the salmon nurseries, providing a moreprotectedenvironmentthan the ocean usually offers.
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This is due to the canopy of the trees, creating a much moreprotectedenvironmentas compared to the open meadows.
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