Sentence examples for defence a position from inspiring English sources

I have therefore decided, with great sadness, to resign from my post as secretary of state for defence – a position which I have been immensely proud and honoured to have held".

Röhm lobbied Hitler to appoint him Minister of Defence, a position held by conservative General Werner von Blomberg.

Not content solely with the leadership of the SA, Röhm lobbied Hitler to appoint him Minister of Defence, a position held by the conservative General Werner von Blomberg.

In 1913, following Joseph Cook's one-seat victory in the election, Millen became Minister for Defence, a position he held at the outbreak of World War I.

This forces you to think about whether you are right or wrong and to sharpen up arguments in defence of a position.

I have therefore decided, with great sadness, to resign from my post as secretary of state for defence - a position which I have been immensely proud and honoured to have held.

At a subsequent press conference, Obama warned that corruption posed the biggest threat to Kenya's economic growth and spoke candidly in defence of gay rights, a position with which Kenyatta openly disagreed.

The locus classicus of formalism is not a defence of the position by a convinced advocate, but a demolition job by a great philosopher, Gottlob Frege.

Outside London, I am put immediately into a position of defence.

When James Callaghan became prime minister in 1976, he made Gilbert minister of state for defence, in charge of procurement, a position he held until 1979.

Jeff Miller, who chairs the House Veterans Affairs Committee, says he and veterans' organisations are "in a position of defence" against any potential cuts, and says he worries about the effects of the big and supposedly mandatory defence cuts occasioned by the supercommittee's failure last month to reach agreement on the deficit.