relative immunity

The relative immunity from international terrorism that America had enjoyed for many years was gone.

If the company was hoping to achieve relative immunity from recession, however, it has been disappointed.

By contrast, indigenous peoples were assumed to have acquired a relative immunity.

This could possibly be due to the relative immunity from fire that the thick bark of these species gives them.

Cases which have been studied suggest there is some kind of cost to be borne for their relative immunity to the toxin.

They're dug in deep, and the site seems to have been selected deliber- ately for relative immunity from attack.

Americans had relative immunity for a year, the Europeans maintained the integrity of the court, and for both sides, peacekeeping could continue.

Throughout the century the relative immunity which an inefficient police gave conspirators, and the idiosyncrasies of the prison system, encouraged conspiracy.

Relative immunity to short circuits caused by external forces (wind, fallen branches), unless they abrade the insulation.

His most distinctive attribute is his relative immunity; the monsters in the dungeon do not harm him.

Carpenter argued that other benefits of large size, such as relative immunity from predators, lower energy expenditure, and longer life span, are probably secondary advantages.

Among the attractions of grocery chains are their high cash flows, often undervalued real estate and relative immunity to economic downturns.

Their shallow draught, high maneuverability, speed and relative immunity to damage in low-speed collisions are advantages in these applications.

Its most important characteristic was a relative immunity to Window - the chaff used by the British as a countermeasure against the 50-cm Würzburg.

SSVEP's are useful in research because of the excellent signal-to-noise ratio and relative immunity to artifacts.

Cocaine figures have enjoyed relative immunity from Colombian courts through payoffs or intimidation of judges, and they want the Government to reverse its stand on extradition.

The protesters are opposed to terms of the deal, brokered by Yemen's Gulf neighbours, which President Saleh and his relatives immunity from prosecution.

American manufacturers of United States flags must abide by this code or face penalty, while foreign companies may do anything to the design of the flag with relative immunity.

While single-family homes costing $1 million and often considerably more abound in Greenwich, these multifamily projects are testimony to the town's relative immunity from sagging real estate prices.

Employers are not compelled to subject themselves to the regulations but must do so to obtain the relative immunity from lawsuits that had been one of the driving forces in producing them.

Other papers also warned that the Swiss were in danger of losing the relative immunity from terrorist attack they had over the years as neutrals in the Middle East conflict.

Weill's American work is sometimes belittled for its sweeter, more obliging nature - its relative immunity to the jeering ironies of "Mahagonny" or "The Threepenny Opera."

Others are more enthusiastic about their adopted land, emphasizing the wide open spaces, the opportunities for outdoor recreation, and the relative immunity of the state from the unrest of the large industrial cities.

With the Corithian ability to mimic certain inanimate objects, and their relative immunity to Talents, Desreth maneuvered to see if any of the known agents could lead us to the hypno.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who is on the committee that oversees the FDA, said that compounding pharmacies have "relative immunity from standards of safety and effectiveness."