The biggest state-owned firms are often big only because they are shielded from competition.
Many of these sub-sectors are shielded from takeover or allowed to compete on preferential terms.
Audiences, he said, should not be shielded from the historical context even the historical mistakes of the works.
The business has too many duffers, he says, who have been shielded from professionalism.
This is because, as a member, you are largely shielded from any fall in the investments underpinning the scheme.
Slovenia and Slovakia were shielded from currency speculators by being in the euro area.
And plastic surgery is one of the only fields of medicine that is shielded from insurance companies.
That way, the browser kernel which interacts directly with the operating system is shielded from anything questionable lurking outside.
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You can only hope that your partner will keep you shielded from low-hanging branches or poison oak batches.
The firm's focus on emerging markets, whose financial fortunes are most shielded from the U.S., is also growing.
They also have to be shielded from the attentions of other elementary particles that might confuse the signal.
Vital policies, such as economic reform and efforts to counter corruption, will perhaps be shielded from parliamentary whim.
In Denver, celebrities who in past Presidential campaigns would have had major speaking roles were shielded from public view.
Govan envisions passersby watching curators set up exhibitions activities typically shielded from the public.
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Lieberman is so given to voicing outrageous opinions that he is generally shielded from interviews with the international press.
They would be shielded from lawsuits, and would answer only to the governor.
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In too many countries, inefficient companies are shielded from market pressures, wages are too high, basic infrastructure is lacking.
Hatzius warned investors not to think that the U.S. is shielded from Europe.
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Keeping your face shielded from the wind is also important as well to conserve body heat and prevent frostbite.
George Bush is shielded from right-wing anger by the fact that he is far more conservative than his father.
That could help to shake up a lot of industries that have until now been shielded from hostile bids.
Individuals will no longer be shielded from health care cost increases as they have been for the last 50 years.
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Savers may initially be shielded from the full impact of those reductions, because commercial banks are competing for retail deposits.
However, satellites are shielded from that radiation, and the intensity of the radiation in the inner belt is relatively stable.
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The genes in question make anti-microbial proteins and so far, the cells seem to be shielded from some natural fungal predators.
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Justices ruled May 10 that lawyers are shielded from fraud lawsuits under absolute immunity, a doctrine dating back to medieval England.
Fung argued that he was shielded from liability by the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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More broadly, corporations may have excessive incentive to take large risks because those choosing these risks are shielded from the consequences.
Most individuals do not ever see pricing information, as they are largely shielded from health care costs via their insurance providers.
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It is important that Madrid maintains access to markets, rather than be shielded from them, says Mahmood Pradhan, a fund official.
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