Sentence examples for are defences from inspiring English sources
noun
The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
Here the men talk about their heavy drinking and about being depressed, both of which are defences against being overwhelmed by memories and feelings.
In comments to Guardian Australia, Soutphommasane said courts only penalised profound and serious racist comments not "mere slights" and there are defences available that protect free speech.
There is an offence provisions and there are defences and if a person wishes to say that they are entitled to rely on one of those defences, they have what lawyers call an evidentiary onus to put material before the court to demonstrate that the defence applies to them," he said, citing the exemptions allowed to visit the areas.
There are defences for all this – not good ones, but they exist.
So too are defence contractors.
Why are defence chiefs worried?
In the Commons it is defence questions.
90 min: It's defence versus attack.
