Sentence examples for considerable defense from inspiring English sources

The perceived "missile gap" led to a considerable defense buildup on the part of the United States.

Some progressive argue -- with considerable defensiveness, of course -- that what a secretary of defense thinks or says on these "other" issues isn't an important concern.

But the judge also made it clear he would give the defense considerable leeway in questioning government witnesses.

Adding intrigue (and considerable confusion), the defense lawyers also disclosed that it was the very same Mr. Leemon the prosecutors referred to when they made their own murky allegations six weeks ago against an unnamed defense lawyer in the Massino case.

Red squirrels have flourished in Newfoundland because in the 9,000 years that black spruce evolved in the absence of red squirrels, the spruce have lost a considerable amount of defense directed at red squirrels.

8. Just War Theory permits considerable coercion in defense of national security, the protection of which is government's primary responsibility.

Johnson wielded considerable influence over defense policy as chair of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Fifteenth Congress.

Although N. attenuata plants elicit slightly different transcriptional signatures in response to attack from these two species, there is considerable overlap in the defense genes activated [51] and by restraining the host plant's defense response by transformation, we uncoupled the response cycle between plant and insect.