Sentence examples for defence point from inspiring English sources

The government will, also, in its defence, point to the relaunch of its Disability Confident scheme to boost the employment of disabled people.

"From a defence point of view we just need to close things out a bit better.

Documents submitted in the Home Office's defence point to a matter of semantics, arguing that the government's duty to reach a number "in consultation with" local authorities is open to interpretation.

"They get goal-keeping points for good attendance, and defence points for behaving well.

The government, in its defence, points to prioritising apprenticeships, and English and maths.

The agencies put up a vigorous defence, pointing to the good record of their ratings in predicting sovereign default rates.

He referred to Skomina as "weak and naive", the same words used by Arsene Wenger that Mourinho, in his defence, pointed out had gone unpunished.

The defence pointed out that Mr Rajaratnam had met Gary Cohn, Goldman Sachs's president, in 2008 to talk about the bank's outlook before selling Goldman stock.

"No one in the United States is expected to provide for their own air defence," points out Richard Bejtlich of Mandiant, a computer-security firm.

It was left to Labour MP Paul Farrelly to come to Rippon's defence, pointing out this was unwarranted given that Rippon had not had his say.

Nel had gone to great pains to highlight messages that suggested acrimony, whereas the defence pointed to messages showing mutual affection.