Sentence examples for defence acknowledged from inspiring English sources

In 2006, the French ministry of defence acknowledged that 22 underground tests had given rise to the release of radioactive gases.

The old champion, in his 22nd title defence, acknowledged his victor's class and retired two fights later 2 v Jeff Lacy US Mar 4 2006, MEN Arena Some nights everything clicks and Calzaghe confounded the over-whelming favourite so completely that Lacy has been a shell of his once-fine self ever since.

This time the Ministry of Defence acknowledged his presence in part because the risks in the air are not so great.

Though it is hoped many soldiers will leave under the voluntary redundancy scheme, the Ministry of Defence acknowledges the target cannot be reached without pushing some to the door.

While his defence team acknowledged that the women's remains were found on his property, Pickton denied killing them.

The Defence Secretary acknowledged that far fewer of the forces coming back will be based in Scotland than had been expected.

Ashton Carter, the US defence secretary, acknowledged on Wednesday that the fighting in Yemen was complicating Washington's counter-terrorism efforts but vowed that they would go on regardless.

Last month John Hutton, the defence secretary, acknowledged that British special forces had captured two Pakistanis in Iraq and handed them over to American custody, after which they were transported to Afghanistan in contravention of an agreement with Britain.

The defence secretary acknowledged that a shortage of troops might have hampered progress in Afghanistan and said he would press the UK's European Nato allies to provide extra military resources.

The oil companies, which are phasing out MTBE, also agreed to pay a large share of the clean-up costs.An independent committee led by Lord Woolf, a former British chief justice, and established by BAE Systems to review its business ethics, said that the British defence company acknowledged that it had not paid "sufficient attention to ethical standards" in the past.

During closing arguments, his defence team acknowledged that he was present during the murder but said others committed the crime.