Sentence examples for guarding by from inspiring English sources

"Despite his proven deficiencies, as both a commander and leader," General Taguba concluded, General Karpinski allowed Colonel Phillabaum "to remain in command of her most troubled battalion guarding, by far, the largest number of detainees in the 800th M.P. Brigade".

Many factors might be responsible for this difference in results, including the effect of band colours vs. natural variation in attractiveness (no coloured bands were used in the present study), the presence of partner choice in aviaries, the effect of mate guarding by partners, and the effect of post-copulatory sexual selection.

If torpid females do not have any pre-copulatory choice this would provide strong selection for the female to mate again - to 'trade up' - if she subsequently encounters a better quality male [22], which in turn would select for mate guarding by males.

We suggest rather, that guarding by the beta male was restricted by the alpha male.

It interfered with and replaced the guarding by the adult beta male more than it did with the yearlings.

The presence of an alien female in the territory greatly increases guarding by both the breeding female and the other females (Ben Mocha, 2013).

"They were being guarded by the Kurds".

His home is guarded by police.

Here they were guarded by Manning, Geary, Stewart, and Francis Oley.

The cave in which he sleeps is guarded by ravens.

(Their other flank was guarded by a fence, and police).