Social services provided by the Human Resources Administration are largely shielded by state and federal mandates.

Yet they were largely shielded from them by life on the campus of all-black St. Augustine's.

Three months after his last news conference and seven weeks after his prostate surgery he remains largely shielded from reporters' questions.

People on the ground are largely shielded from solar and galactic radiation by the atmosphere.

The Clintons have largely shielded their daughter from media attention, refusing to allow her to be interviewed.

Patients, however, were largely shielded from the drama.

Seventy-two percent of new cases are from rural areas, once thought to be largely shielded from the epidemic.

They were largely shielded from the full effects of the blast by the limousine beside them.

Until this year, that research was largely shielded from cost overruns in the shuttle and space station programs.

Many did go, but they were largely shielded from reporters.