Sentence examples for defence something to from inspiring English sources

The direct running of Lazaridis at last gave the Wimbledon defence something to think about, while Tommy Mooney could have turned the game in their favour but missed a 61st-minute penalty.

At least he gave Everton's defence something to think about, however, sending a skidding low shot wide from the edge of the area before finally forcing Tim Howard into a save after 69 minutes.

Theo Walcott was introduced on the right to go in behind the defence, something Sterling needs to incorporate into his game.

On today's deal from the final, the Netherlands gained a large swing partly through vagaries of system, but also by paying close attention to detail in the defence – something that is not easy to do after a fortnight of gruelling competition.

So we either have to scale back our ambitions, or we've got to say: it is important to do those things, and - come 2015 - we will spend more on defence, something in the order of £2bn to £3bn more than we were planning to.

On European nations paying more, Rasmussen said the Nato summit two years ago committed all members to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defence, something that was being worked towards.

However, the Libel Reform Campaign, supported by nearly all the print media wants to introduce into the Bill what they call a "proper" public interest defence, something now also supported by the Labour Party.

It's good to clarify we are not talking about a European army, but about European defence: something we can really do, concretely, starting now".

If his place-kicking was metronomic and his defence something that often reminded you of a tank-trap, his theorising on the creative demands of his position was not always the last word in lucidity.

In defence, something that caught the eye was the "one-man spot blitz".

Was any of this the heart of the case - or was the real defence something said in the closed court?