'In my view the Conservative Party is the party best equipped to defend the British way of life,' Getty said, when the donation was announced, although it is doubtful whether the British way of life he wants to defend still exists.
Davenport, the defending champion, still had a chance.
And yet Mississippi prosecutors still defended convictions won on West's testimony, and Mississippi judges still upheld them.
There was no exchange rate target to defend; better still for governments, creditors proved remarkably tolerant when lending to countries with currencies that tended to depreciate.
Spurs had become more of a threat as the game went on but, because of the way United were defending, I still did not see an equaliser coming.
After de la Pole declared the bishop's replies to be insufficient, Despenser requested another hearing to defend himself still further, which was granted.
They controlled the game but we still defended good.
But the president still defended the invasion of Iraq.
It still defended the d5 pawn, but now controlled important squares on the queenside.
Even though his team had been humiliated in three successive guarantee games, he still defended them.
