Sentence examples for defences were designed from inspiring English sources

"The flood defences were designed for a one in 100-year event and since it's six years since we had the last one, we were sort of surprised that we got one so soon," he said.

Tokyo recently announced plans to deploy thousands of troops and build missile batteries on tiny islands in the East China Sea, with officials confirming for the first time that the defences were designed to check Chinese military influence in the region.

Hence the authorities need to continue to insist that multiple layers of defence be designed and installed and not leave inspection and oversight to the companies or the industry itself.

Defence was designed to carry 779 officers and men.

A spokesperson for Taylor Wimpey North West said: "We too were reassured that the flood defences, which were designed and implemented prior to our ownership of the site, would serve their purpose.

This may threaten some existing flood defences, which were designed and built prior to climate change being identified as a major issue; therefore, they may require modification to ensure their sustainability.

Mandatory defence cuts were designed to scare the Republicans; mandatory cuts in other programmes were supposed to scare the Democrats.

The Defence-class ironclads were designed as smaller and cheaper versions of the armoured frigates.

Royal castles such as Beaumaris, although designed with defence in mind, were designed to hold up to eleven different households at any one time.

They also used the climate change defence – that their actions were designed to prevent immediate harm to human life and property from climate change – and were acquitted.

The fortlet defences – as with most other fortlets – were designed to withstand attacks from brigands or hold off an enemy until reinforcements from the main army could arrive rather than withstand a determined attack.