protected status

collocation in English

meaningsofprotectedandstatus

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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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status
noun
uk
/ˈsteɪ.təs/us
/ˈsteɪ.t̬əs/
an accepted or official position, especially in a ...
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(Definition ofprotectedandstatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprotected status

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Nevertheless, there is very little evidence of poaching due to the reserve'sprotectedstatus.
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Some key habitat sites for these have already been protected, but many others lack officialprotectedstatusand remain vulnerable to various anthropogenic threats.
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It advises strongly against any change in theprotectedstatusof these species.
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In the case of two of the three territories, many of them entered knowing full well that the territories enjoyedprotectedstatus.
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There is to be ring-fenced,protectedstatusfor the nuclear industry.
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It is the strategic nature of the traffic as much as the volumes of traffic which warrantprotectedstatus.
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What is the good of giving people aprotectedstatuswhich one cannot in effect protect?
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Will he give a guarantee that those meadows and traditional pastures outside the areas ofprotectedstatuswill be retained for the future?
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Secondly, nuclear power has aprotectedstatus.
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A policy based on these principles and proposals will give the people of the island a specially favoured andprotectedstatus.
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The hospital's place at the emotional and physical heart of the community gives itprotectedstatusamong my constituents.
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It was discovered that quite a number of people who could have become territorial citizens refused to do so and wanted to keep theirprotectedstatus.
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Let us consider first theprotectedstatus.
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They felt that very strongly and had they insisted upon that, electors could not have become federal citizens and qualified for the vote without losing theirprotectedstatus.
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While numbers have gradually increased with itsprotectedstatus, it is still vulnerable to predators, natural disasters or further disturbance by humans.
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The preservation of this raised beach and associated evidence of a coastal paleolandscape has led toprotectedstatusfor the cliff.
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Owing to itsprotectedstatus, endemic flora continue to flourish in this part of the plateau.
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The emblems are merely a "visible sign" of theprotectedstatusof individuals.
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Over twenty-seven percent of the countrys land has aprotectedstatusas national parks, wildlife refuges, forest preserves, and more.
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