| protect child | 33.71 | No need to protect the child. | ||
| protect right | 28.97 | He did so to protect his rights. | ||
| protect environment | 26.79 | How will we protect the environment? | ||
| protect privacy | 22.45 | Can their privacy be protected? | ||
| protect interest | 20.21 | He had to protect his interests. | ||
| protect people | 19.16 | I want to protect people, not bureaucracies. | ||
| protect worker | 16.59 | They want to protect workers from risk. | ||
| protect consumer | 13.63 | The intent of the law is to protect consumers. | ||
| protect civilian | 10.73 | NATO bombing to protect civilians in Sarajevo also helped. | ||
| protect investment | 10.60 | He did it by protecting his investment. | ||
| protect company | 9.68 | Most are geared to protecting companies. | ||
| protect property | 9.08 | How can I protect my property? | ||
| protect public | 8.49 | He said he had a duty to protect the public. | ||
| protect investor | 8.29 | Genuine investors must be protected. | ||
| protect lead | 8.10 | Protect that lead. | ||
| protect life | 7.97 | We are protecting lives. | ||
| protect citizen | 7.70 | Laws exist to protect private citizens. | ||
| protect area | 7.57 | --Protected areas. | ||
| protect species | 7.57 | Yet it has no law protecting threatened species. | ||
| protect industry | 7.18 | France, meanwhile, protected its industry. |