Sentence examples for defences were present from inspiring English sources

Minefields were deployed surrounding these strongpoints, and additional defences were present in the Courseulles harbour.

He went with Sir Hyde Parker to the Baltic in 1801 and while he and the Defence were present at the Battle of Copenhagen, they were kept with Parker's reserve squadron and took no part in the fighting.

The paper, written by the body representing all major organisations responsible for flood defences, was presented to ministers on 30 November last year – days before Cumbria was hit by the heaviest rainfall recorded in 24 hours in Britain.

Antioxidant enzymatic defences are presented in Fig.  7.

A Cambodian and international defence lawyer were present throughout his interrogation.

The Americans were not summoned but their defence teams were present and pleaded not guilty on their behalf.

Paramilitaries, JNA soldiers and Serbian conscripts of the Territorial Defence Forces (, or TO) were present in Serb-inhabited areas.

There was a positive relationship between exploration behaviour and aggressive displays (a component of territory defence) and, when breeders were present, we found a negative relationship between territory maintenance and aggressive displays of helpers.

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.

Although some of these defences are constitutively present, they can also be enhanced under increased UV radiation [ 13, 17].

These mechanisms include both mechanical and chemical defences that can be present constitutively or that are induced upon challenge [ 1, 2].