That court decision left immigrants in the city without any formal protection from being asked about their status.

Policy and intervention programs may seek to increase the formal and informal protections for the women involved.

But you must remember that you weren't dueling under the formal protection and supervision of the Council, either.

Despite formal protection, the tern colony was not fenced off until the 1960s.

He was not the heroic type, and the thought of formal protection was inviting.

Without formal protection, urban wilds are vulnerable to development.

However, achieving formal protection of a large urban wild can be difficult.

Nor are there any formal protections for investors.

Environmentalists say about 80 species have become extinct while awaiting formal protection.

There is very little formal environmental protection.