Sentence examples for defences both from inspiring English sources

It is harder to assess their effect on nuclear proliferation, the problem that first sparked the determination to rethink America's strategic defences.Although both Russia and China have recently signalled a readiness to talk to America about missile defences, both say they remain deeply hostile to them.

This anxiety is managed via a range of mental defences, both conscious and unconscious.

Prosecutors and the defence both appealed against the verdicts.

Both teams put up a good defence, both teams put up a good attack.

In defence, both Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are ready to return with both having returned to full training during the international break.

On every issue, from Scotland's choice of currency to pensions and defence, both sides marshall experts.

At the direction of the White House, the secretaries of state and defence – both principals on the National Security Council – were not briefed on the programme's specifics until September 2003.

The jury was told that prosecution and defence both accepted that Goodman and the tabloid's specialist phone hacker, Glenn Mulcaire, had intercepted hundreds of voicemails from royal phones.

In iX's defence, both Deutsche Börse and the LSE say they want consolidation of clearing and settlement systems.Euronext also suggested that Liffe, London's independent derivatives exchange, might co-operate with the new Euronext.

For anyone who takes the conservative side in America's culture wars, the pope's defence both of traditional social values and of old-fashioned intellectual excellence has obvious appeal.

The prosecution and defence both claimed that Sabina was insane at the time of killing, though not at the time of the trial.