Sentences with phrase «as a barrier preventing»

The thin loop acts as a barrier preventing the sharp teeth from being exposed.

In the case of a cold, a thicker wall of mucus can serve as a barrier preventing other viruses, bacteria, or irritating particles from entering the nasal membranes, she says.

These latex or polyurethane sleeves act as a barrier preventing sperm from coming anywhere near your unfertilized egg.

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Protecting our customers» information is as important as anything we do, and we have strict policies and technical barriers in place to help prevent unauthorized access to data.

Advocates for gun rights have long argued that the Second Amendment is a necessary barrier to prevent full - scale confiscation of firearms, which they see as the end goal of many gun control measures.

They also create barriers of entry that prevent possible competitors from emerging and challenging our dominance as the number - one Chinese international real estate website,» he added.

In my experience, both as an agency owner and as a whitelabel provider to agencies, there are seven main barriers preventing effective link building.

As love becomes merely a passion, as safety becomes merely a term for never being contradicted, as victimhood and oppression are turned into subjective categories rooted in emotional psychology, the very language by which we understand virtues, well - being, and concern becomes not a tool for care but a barrier preventing us from carinAs love becomes merely a passion, as safety becomes merely a term for never being contradicted, as victimhood and oppression are turned into subjective categories rooted in emotional psychology, the very language by which we understand virtues, well - being, and concern becomes not a tool for care but a barrier preventing us from carinas safety becomes merely a term for never being contradicted, as victimhood and oppression are turned into subjective categories rooted in emotional psychology, the very language by which we understand virtues, well - being, and concern becomes not a tool for care but a barrier preventing us from carinas victimhood and oppression are turned into subjective categories rooted in emotional psychology, the very language by which we understand virtues, well - being, and concern becomes not a tool for care but a barrier preventing us from caring.

The laws of the United States are to be just and keep those from hatred and injustice, not act as a barrier to prevent love between two consenting adults.

The church said this week it had implemented a «new technological barrier» to prevent abuse of its massive genealogical database, parts of which have been used to carry out — as well as expose - proxy baptisms.

Freedom protests only where it understands itself and it destroys barriers only where they prevent it from being the capacity of acceptance and love, which assimilates itself to what is foreign as well as the other way round.

The crust creates an airtight barrier to prevent leaking, and a sturdy springform pan, such as the KitchenAid ® Springform Pan that I used here, helps, too.

As the largest organ in the body, it serves as a first line barrier to prevent infection, protects from injury, regulates our body temperature, and is a phenomenal mirror reflecting the state of internal healtAs the largest organ in the body, it serves as a first line barrier to prevent infection, protects from injury, regulates our body temperature, and is a phenomenal mirror reflecting the state of internal healtas a first line barrier to prevent infection, protects from injury, regulates our body temperature, and is a phenomenal mirror reflecting the state of internal health.

They provide thorough cleaning to help prevent dryness and chafing while serving as a barrier from wetness between diaper changes.

The problem is that most Medela pumps (such as the popular Medela Swing) are an open system — they have no barrier in the kit preventing milk from entering the tubing and potentially getting into the breast pump motor.

A closed system's diaphragm acts as a barrier, which protects expressed milk from outside air that is being drawn through the pump's tubes, and it prevents milk from leaking into the tubing.

The goal is to break barriers that prevent potential adoptive parents from seeing waiting children as unique individuals.

It acts as a barrier against bed bugs, which prevents them from spreading any further.

A moisture barrier can prevent pain and speed the healing of sore nipples caused by problems such as poor positioning, attachment or breast pump suction.

One emotion is usually more «tolerable» for the child to experience, and this emotion serves as a barrier to feeling the others; i.e. high levels of anger or fear will prevent the child from feeling grief and shame.

You can also use it as a barrier to prevent your baby from rolling over and falling off the bed.

It is the perfect consistency and content for easy absorption by the baby's delicate system and coats the baby's intestinal tract, acting as a barrier, preventing harmful bacteria from invading.

If your child has diarrhea, you can also help to prevent diaper rash with an unscented barrier cream, such as petroleum jelly or a zinc oxide - based paste, to protect the skin.

They act as a solid barrier to prevent air, moisture, and milk from entering into pump tubing.

So as long as the knit is tight enough to prevent contact of the diaper and the outer clothing, it performs reasonably well as a water - resistant barrier.

As most of you know, conventional diaper creams create a barrier on your cloth diapers which, over time, will prevent absorption and render your diapers useless.

The kit's silicone diaphragm acts as an impenetrable barrier preventing viruses, smoke and airborne particles from coming into contact with collected breastmilk.

Try these tips to prevent nappy rash: Change your baby's nappy frequently Give your baby as much nappy free time as possible Use fragrance - free and alcohol - free baby wipes Use a mild baby cleanser when bathing your baby Apply a thin layer of barrier cream to baby's dry bottom before putting...

As the recent primary election demonstrated, there are many barriers that prevent a large number New Yorkers from exercising their right to vote.

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the world's first disability discrimination legislation, let us all make a pledge to make 2011 the year we redouble our efforts to tackle the barriers that prevent our blind and partially - sighted ex-Service men and women from a playing a full and active role in society.

Our FPTP electoral system acts as a barrier to such a break out on the left but it hasn't prevented one on the right as we see with UKIP.

By preventing access to backyard pools when not in use through barrier fencing and weight - bearing pool covers, an unnecessary tragedy can be prevented as Erie County enjoys warmer weather this Memorial Day weekend.»

«With these new safeguards, New York — in the strongest terms possible — will combat unscrupulous and shadowy threats to our electoral process, as well as break down fundamental barriers that for far too long have prevented New Yorkers from being heard and from exercising their right to vote,» Cuomo said.

The signs will be installed in the Inner Harbor, at the lake shore, and along Onondaga Creek as far as Dorwin Avenue, where a barrier prevents fish from swimming any farther upstream, Speer said.

The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

Using the Great Barrier Reef as their study case, they estimated the evolution of the region over the last 14,000 years and showed that (1) high sediment loads from catchments erosion prevented coral growth during the early phase of sea level rise and favoured deep offshore sediment deposition; (2) how the fine balance between climate, sea level, and margin physiography enabled coral reefs to thrive under limited shelf sedimentation rates at 6,000 years before present; and, (3) how over the last 3,000 years, the decrease of accommodation space led to the lateral extension of coral reefs consistent with available observational data.

Findings from this study will help to tackle the many gaps that exist, identify appropriate support programs for men, and ultimately remove the stigma and barriers that prevent them from disclosing as well as discussing their experience.

Issues of intellectual property ownership, human resources protocols, and time management, as well as the challenge of keeping a delineated barrier between professorial and business activities can be difficult to manage, but these concerns shouldn't prevent academics from seeking to create a startup company.

Atoms in the windows naturally vibrate at the same frequency as waves of infrared energy, forming a barrier that prevents the heat from escaping.

Since the 1940s, biologists have believed that a species could split only if a geographical barrier — such as an ocean or a mountain range — separated two populations and prevented them from mixing.

Geographical barriers (mountains high enough, rivers wide enough) can prevent interspecies contact, as can out - of - sync mating cycles.

Combined with the fact that vultures rarely come in contact with humans, vultures serve as a barrier to prevent diseases from proliferating in dead animals and spreading to humans.

Cervicovaginal mucus (CVM) can act as a barrier to prevent pathogens from reaching the underlying vaginal wall cells, but the barrier properties vary greatly from woman to woman and even at different times in the same woman.

«Previous research has shown that CTCF acts as a key insulating barrier to prevent mistakes in cells as they multiply and differentiate,» says Varun Narendra, the study's lead author, and a fifth - year graduate PhD student in developmental biology at NYU Langone and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

He found that while the uranium oxide barrier reduces the amount of corrosion (and swelling) from water as it grows thicker, it does not prevent hydrogen from reaching the uranium.

Factors such as eczema and rhinitis are associated with food allergy, possibly due to a certain gene defect that prevents the skin barrier from forming correctly, leading to possible exposure of the immune system to allergens.

Today, bonobos are found in only the Democratic Republic of Congo and there is no evidence that they have interbred with chimpanzees in equatorial Africa since they diverged, perhaps because the Congo River acted as a barrier to prevent the groups from mixing.

It includes legal barriers, for example, that essentially prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from acquiring toxicity data on chemicals and imposing new restrictions on them — even on highly toxic substances such as asbestos.

The slimy mats acted as a barrier between the water above and the sediments below, preventing oxygen from reaching under the sea floor and making it largely uninhabitable.

The presence of the stable film prevents additional corrosion by acting as a barrier that limits oxygen and water access to the underlying metal surface.