Sentence examples for by a shield of from inspiring English sources

MI5, said Mr Sweeney had to be protected by a "shield of secrecy".

In other words, this analysis indicates that carbon has a wide distribution compared to the metallic counterpart, and this confirms that the synthesized nanofibers are preserved against the chemicals by a shield of graphite layer.

The Taken are protected by a shield of darkness, initially rendering them impervious to attack; they can only be injured with a firearm after exposure to light, which burns the darkness away.

For years, it was generally believed that ESCs are maintained by a shield of pluripotency factors.

His shredding of Boris Johnson, a politician and media professional who has learned to deflect any kind of on-camera criticism by use of a shield of eccentricity, must have caught the eye of the corporation's news executives.

Clanny developed a miner's lamp that would not ignite firedamp but was unwieldy; he later reduced its bulk and adapted several improvements devised by Davy, one of which was a shield of metal gauze.

The cube, referred to as a graphite pile, is surrounded by a shield consisting of an inner layer of 6 inches of steel plate, 51 inches of high-density concrete and an outer, 3-inch covering of steel plate.

They planted themselves in Piccadilly Circus, waving Union Jacks and signs reading "VETERANS BEFORE MIGRANTS," and were surrounded by a human shield of police officers when a faction of anti-fascists on the march started to make their way over to the counter-protest, shouting "fascist scum, off our streets".

When he spotted Earl Páll, Ölvir threw a spear at him, and although it was blocked by a shield, the force of the blow knocked the earl onto the deck.

The entrance to the grand courtyard of the Russian consulate in Istanbul – once the Tsarist mission to the Ottoman Porte – has for days been surrounded by a protective shield of armoured police vehicles.

Krystle Campbell, one of the three people who died in last week's Boston Marathon bombing, will have her funeral protected by a "human shield" of Teamsters on Monday, in case protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church show up and rally as they said they intended to do.