Sentence examples for a defence point of from inspiring English sources

"From a defence point of view we just need to close things out a bit better.

When Jack Straw made his comments on the veil it was an incredibly difficult time for us because there was so much pressure on niqab wearers to speak out but only from a self-defence point of view, rather than talking about the veil as something positive.

Documents submitted in the Home Office's defence point to a matter of semantics, arguing that the government's duty to reach a number "in consultation with" local authorities is open to interpretation.

The agencies put up a vigorous defence, pointing to the good record of their ratings in predicting sovereign default rates.

The government will, also, in its defence, point to the relaunch of its Disability Confident scheme to boost the employment of disabled people.

Yet only yesterday, a key coal industry figure again used this "implausible" talking point in a defence of the future of his industry.

"No one in the United States is expected to provide for their own air defence," points out Richard Bejtlich of Mandiant, a computer-security firm.

Most disconcerting, from the defence's point of view, was the revelation by Williams that, five days before the appeal hearing, he had a four-hour meeting with European Rugby Cup Ltd officials and lawyers, or an interview, as he called it.

It was just bewildering to hear the manager of Manchester United thinking it was a legitimate point of defence that they had played two games in that competition this season, rather than the one they managed last year.

The direction Postecoglou wants to go will ultimately determine which style Australia plays – will there be a focus on controlled build up play, with perhaps a Cahill or a Kennedy playing in front of the opposition defence as a focal point of the attack, or will Australia look to draw opponents forward and exploit the spaces in behind with players such as Leckie, Robbie Kruse and James Troisi?

Ferocious defence was a strong point of both teams.