Sentence examples for defended asking from inspiring English sources

And Portugal's president has defended asking former PM Pedro Passos Coelho to form a new government, rather than his left-wing rivals.

The government has defended asking businesses to sign secrecy agreements in private discussions about the UK's future border arrangements with the EU, which reportedly include laying out scenarios for a no-deal Brexit.

The government has defended asking businesses to sign secrecy agreements in private discussions about the UK's future border arrangements with the EU, which reportedly include laying out scenarios for a no-deal Brexit, my colleague Jessica Elgot reports.

The campaign was controversial as the Republican mayor defended asking for federal government assistance, writing "Other rivers have relied heavily on federal help for massive environmental clean-ups.

Kobach has defended asking for information he knew states couldn't provide by saying he was just trying to cast as wide a net as possible.

A madam she defended asked for advice on "going straight," saying she wanted to buy a house and raise her sons in a respectable environment.

Referring to a call in early January, Nick Corsellis, defending, asked: "Were you discussing the planning of the largest burglary in English history?" Wood replied: "No I was not.

"Which group's interests do we defend?" asked Kalyapin, knowing that the prosecutor was unable to formally recognise victims of state torture as a social group.

He switched to plaintiff's work in the mid-1980's when a client at a factory he was defending asked him to help out relatives whose father had been killed in a car accident.

Michael Phillips, defending, asked Mr Chalmers if he thought Mr Overd was entitled to freedom of speech.

I know he struggled offensively and that got a ton of attention, but this guy can defend". Asked whether he thought he could benefit from the stability, Uribe said, "You never know.