Sentences with phrase «acting as a human shield»

Why take a 10 - 20 seat majority, totally beholden to the Tory right, when you can have an 80 seat majority with the Lib Dems to act as human shields.

«It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that I would be talking about how to fight back against the attacks on public education in Puerto Rico and that educators want to act as a human shield to protect public schools and their students just as they've done in West Virginia and Oklahoma,» Weingarten told the Washington Free Beacon.

I think it is fair to say Hachette DOES want authors to act as human shields.

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In a sense, Rudd was acting as the Queen Bee's praetorian guard, or human shield.

Oleuropein acts as a natural shield of defence for the plant, providing antioxidant and anti-microbial benefits, but it's the main active medicinal compound in humans too.

Researchers working with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation have developed a new technology, a super-thin film that is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair that sits on the surface of the water and acts as a sun shield.

The ozone layer acts as a shield for the planet that prevents dangerous radiation from reaching the biosphere, where humans, plants, and animals reside.

Overall, the Missouri Human Rights Act serves as a shield, protecting employees from unwelcome sexual behavior and abusive working environments.