Sentence examples for because he defended from inspiring English sources

"He was killed because he defended his brother," she said.

Richard Shepherd: A brave speech, because he defended the Freedom of Information legislation that is ruining dozens of parliamentary careers.

"I'm proud to admit that I advocate the ideals of Chico Mendes, who was killed because he defended the people of the forest," he said.

Of course we don't have many expectations of President [Nicolas] Sarkozy [of France] because he defended up to the last moment the policies of the radicals in the White House.

Prosecutors argued that Mr. Jabara had a conflict of interest because he defended Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric convicted in 1995 in a terrorist plot to blow up New York City landmarks.

"Karadzic is a hero because he defended Serb lives during the terrible wars of the 1990s," said Elena Pavovski, 24, a supporter of the Radical Party, whose members sang patriotic songs next to a banner on Republic Square that threatened Serbia's pro-Western president, Boris Tadic.

The rape victim, identified as Kelly, said she was supporting Mr. Akin because "he defends the unborn.

Netanyahu responded that those who attack him do so only because he defends Israel, and stressed that he was "not prepared to make concessions that will endanger our state".

O'Higgins holds that Collins is important to us mainly because he defends an early version of materialism.

Of these disputes the altercation with the sophist Thrasymachus has received a lot of attention, because he defends the provocative thesis that natural justice is the right of the stronger and that conventional justice is at best high-minded foolishness.

There were lighter moments, too, as he announced that his watch was worth a "six-pack of Rolexes," proclaimed that he defended Steel because he is a "literal knight" (in Norway, apparently), and said that the poor and middle class have "threatened" the rich with their calls for a more equal society.