Sentence examples for defending a common from inspiring English sources

Presenting a united front to the world was a way of defending a common good: the honour and continuity of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

If the strikers are seen to be defending a common interest or the future of the French public sector, the challenge could become harder for the government, which until now has easily seen off other strike action and last autumn quickly passed into law a major rewriting of the labour code.

One way of defending a common element view against this line of argument might be to defend the claim that one can accept (a) and (b) without being committed to (c).

To defend a common sensical theory of perception that is supported by observation and experiment, and that is capable of delivering knowledge of real objects, Reid thinks he needs to show that we are directly aware of real objects, in contrast to key features of the Way of Ideas' representational theory of perception just discussed.

Defending against a common enemy is one thing, so call it that.

"Defending an absolute bastard, who the common man considers a monster, is not that difficult.

"Defending an absolute bastard, who the common man considers a monster, is not that difficult," Berna told me".

"They were just defending themselves" is a common focus-group reaction when strategists wargame these exchanges.

That contest was framed as a sane establishment defending common sense against a gang of loopy mavericks.

He gave his first interest payments from his Nobel Prize to Palestinian charities and now defends suicide bombers, a common position among Arab intellectuals.

New Zealand has also attributed personal rights to ecosystems such as the Whanganui River, and citizens have sought legal avenues to defend nature as a common good, with recent successes in the US and the Netherlands.