For example, high song rates were found to be associated with higher feeding rates in a few species, and it was suggested that high song rates possibly indicate a male's foraging efficiency, his ability to defend a high quality territory or individual quality in general [ 21– 23].
Reid does defend a primary/secondary quality distinction, but, unusually, Reid's distinction is drawn not in metaphysical terms but in epistemic terms premised upon discussion of the differing ways that secondary and primary qualities relate to our minds (Nichols 2007, ch. 6).
It's a difficult category, but at the same time, there's a realistic quality to defending a piece of property called the Unites States of America, with all these resources, and the world being what it is.
Defending a position another.
For example, males with good-genes for immunity may also be most able to provide food or defend a large, high quality territory; thus selection for good resources/behaviour may reflect selection for good-genes.
But Mr. Wei stressed that most Chinese exports are safe, echoing a line that Beijing repeatedly has used in defending the quality of its products.
Defending the quality of markers, the JCQ said the annual exam process was "a huge undertaking that could not have been done without the tens of thousands of dedicated teachers" who graded papers.
Naturally, the advertising does not sit well with public schools' advocates, pulled between protesting the pain of lowered state aid to schools and defending the quality of those schools.
I'm not even defending the quality of the new release, but her commentary about the album was blatantly, factually incorrect, with regard to the lyrics and themes.
