1.   Provided national law would confer protection upon the employees of such an employer, then the transaction would in principle be covered by the Directive.

2.   It is realised increasingly that the systemic immune reponse to Helicobacter pylori infection confers no protection against the organisms, and its presence is of diagnostic value only.

3.   Tests in other transgenic plant species show that protein coats taken from viruses appear to confer protection against them.

4.   An attack of cholera can confer partial protection against future attacks.

5.   Because one attack of Lyme disease may not confer protection against another, people who have had the disease may benefit from Lymerix, the company said.

6.   Ellison said moderate consumption -- one or two drinks per day -- confers more protection against heart disease than is gained by lowering all risk factors except quitting smoking.

7.   Scientists believe that calcium and phosphate in cheese confer protection against loss of enamel.

8.   Some of these women want their breasts and ovaries removed, a drastic step that still does not confer complete protection from the cancers, Weber said.

9.   The plants carry foreign genes taken from the viruses that confer protection against the disease.

10.   Unfortunately, the mutation that confers malaria protection also causes sickle cell trait and sickle cell anemia.