Sentence examples for decent defence from inspiring English sources

The bank's Swiss board disliked the idea, and Mr Mack left.That said, a decent defence of Mr Mack's record can be made.

"We believe that amongst other things properly funded healthcare, that lower taxes, that a decent defence and political freedom from the European Union are things that are good for all people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference.

However, the big achievement of Janice Finch's series is to defend the proposition that even the apparently dodgiest defendant must be allowed a decent defence in the interest of keeping the prosecution system honest.

And up on the 18th, the defending Open champion Ernie Els signs for a very impressive 70; he's +5, and won't be joining Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington on the list of players to retain the title in the 21st century, but a very decent defence so far nonetheless.

First off it's New Zealand v Slovakia (12.30pm): Slovakia topped their group ahead of Czech Republic and Poland, have a budding star in Napoli playmaker 22-yard-old Marek Hamsik, a genuine goalscorer in Vfl Bochum forward Stanislav Sestak and a decent defence marshalled by Martin Skrtel, who is expected to be fit for today's game.

McIlroy needed to make a decent defence of his title at West Palm Beach to arrest the poor form he has shown with his new Nike clubs.

If a country does not have press freedom, is it likely to have a good human rights record or decent defences against corruption?

The underrated Peter Lovenkrands is surely good enough to discomfit decent defences, but the Premier League is possibly a field too far for Leon Best while young Nile Ranger remains overly immature.

It may be possible to identify products that China exports which compete only because of stolen data, but it would be hard and could risk a trade war that would damage both sides.Cyber-disruption has nuisance value and may be costly to repair, but it can be mitigated by decent defences.

How can other top five sides assemble decent defences on a shoestring, but not us.

And it has been decided that playing with a half-decent defence would be advisable next season, so Man City's Jérôme Boateng and Leverkusen's central midfielder Arturo Vidal are scheduled to join the new-arrival Manuel Neuer.