Our parents and grandparents seemed to need the protection of an armour-plated self-deception to cope with the harsh realities of life.
The ammonia fumes coming up from the ground attack ordinary insulation, and all electrical wiring has to be armour-plated.
It is a system under which the rule of the chairman is taken over by the force of the armour-plated fist.
Whatever happens, as long as the power and the interests of the money markets are armour-plated, social opposition will spiral.
I am told that any cables have to be armour-plated.
We are used to her armour-plated complacency on issues where her ignorance is total.
She has come out and told him what to do, and suddenly the bandwagon has become armour-plated.
For example, cockpit doors are now being locked and armour-plated doors with reinforced locking mechanisms are being installed to all aircraft types at a cost of more than £1 million.
