Sentence examples for defence whether or not from inspiring English sources

In a "trial of facts", the jury is asked to decide – on the basis of evidence adduced by prosecution lawyers and by lawyers appointed by the court to put the case for the defence – whether or not the accused did the acts he was charged with.

Labour said the development of the new reactors must go ahead "whether or not there was a final decision on Trident" because they were crucial to the UK's wider defence capability.

And cynics point out that raising fearful spectres is a well-tried device of governments under political pressure (or of generals who want bigger budgets).There is one less simple explanation: a reported disagreement within Israel's defence establishment over whether or not to ratify the new international convention against chemical weapons.

Phytoalexins are also likely to be part of the plant's defences against microbial and herbivore attack but whether or not these defence molecules are present in and translocated by phloem is not known.

One of the by-products of the drugs defence, whether it works or not, is that any mention of drugs being used by a perpetrator gets magnified in the media and the "killer drugs" machine whirrs into action once more, despite a distinct lack of evidence that illegal drugs miraculously transform people into killers.

The result of that new sentencing could determine whether or not the defence attempts an appeal, according to South African attorney David Dadic.

The Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb told the Guardian: "This interest should have been declared because anyone listening to that debate [on the defence white paper] ought to know whether or not the speaker has a relevant financial interest in the defence industry.

A foreign ministry spokesman also sidestepped confirming the deployment, but did say: "Whether or not to deploy defence facilities on islands is totally within China's sovereignty.

"By providing disclosure packs to the defence, consideration can be given as to whether or not this material might cast doubt upon the safety of any convictions".

However, no final decision on whether or not to deploy ground based air defence systems for the Games has been taken".

US private equity group Carlyle has received an extension until 12 October to decide whether or not to proceed with a bid for the defence company.