Sentence examples for defence at the time from inspiring English sources

"My whole theme was the way we maltreat royal persons, making them one superhuman, and yet less than human," she said in her defence at the time.

It's a matter of record that I had close links to Damian and wrote in his defence at the time of his self-defenestration.

Lewinsky wasn't betrayed by "the feminist movement" (and for that matter, plenty of smart women, such as Barbara Ehrenreich, came to her defence at the time).

The defence at the time might have been that on the other side of the ideological aisle were all sorts of characters who, unlike Lessing, were prepared to excuse Soviet brutality in eastern Europe.

Allegedly high on amphetamines and booze and out to shock, Costello refused to apologise in a press conference for his remarks (his defence at the time was a curt "I'm not a racist", and he had indeed played Rock Against Racism gigs), but he has been contrite on plenty of occasions since, a transgression presumably high up in his list of regrets.

However, Dr Liam Fox, who was Secretary of State for Defence at the time, said that the closure was part of an overall revaluation of the countries defence needs.

Its defences at the time were described as "feeble".

With them were his twin daughters Victoria and Alexandra, both 18, and their half-sister Petrina Khashoggi, also 18. His former boss, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Defence Secretary at the time Mr Aitken was Defence Procurement Minister between 1992-4, alsatsat in court, waiting to give evidence.

Sharon was defence minister at the time.

From Lord King, Conservative defence secretary at the time of the first Iraq war.

Geoff Hoon, defence secretary at the time, insisted he had no knowledge of Camp Nama.