Sentence examples for defence figure from inspiring English sources

In calculating Pa, we make the assumption that general conspicuousness increases the assessment period and that this gives increased protection to prey with certain levels of defence (Figure 1).

9.42am: Three senior intelligence and defence figures have written to the Times today attacking the Liberal Democrats' stance on security.

He is one of a group of former army and defence figures who now hold the most senior positions in the immigration department.

After two days of heavy battles, the attempt by high-ranking security and defence figures to seize power ended in failure as its leaders admitted defeat and were arrested or forced to flee.

In an emergency meeting with leading defence figures, Mr Netanyahu laid out plans to ask Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein to allow Israeli police to use sniper rifles on protesting Palestinians throwing rocks.

But the researchers were surprised to learn that extinction rates are three times higher in amphibian lineages with chemical defences (Figure 1B).

Shadow Environment Secretary Maria Eagle said: "Despite his (David Cameron's) claim that 'money was no object' when it came to flood defences, figures show his government actually cut funding by 30% in the worst-hit areas of the country in the last three years.

A senior defence industry figure has told my BBC colleague John Moylan that BAE Systems recommended to government that shipbuilding at Portsmouth should end as long as two years ago.

He said: "A senior defence industry figure has told the BBC that as long as two years ago BAE Systems recommended to government that shipbuilding at Portsmouth should end.

An alternative explanation for the effect of AtGV3101 on plant interactions with P. syringae is that it could be priming basal defence responses (Figure 7b,c).

In our experiment, we sought to use an initial infection protocol that would not lead to infection, but was a genuine exposure to a live pathogen with the potential to stimulate a defence response (figure 1).