Sentence examples for defending it as from inspiring English sources

And I don't think she was defending it as much as just answering all the speculation.

Aides to Mr. Bloomberg said he viewed the marriage issue in a larger context: Freedom, he argues, is New York's "competitive advantage" and its brand, and he has become committed to vigorously defending it, as he did amid criticism of a proposed Islamic center near ground zero.

This missense change is widely documented in the literature, with some studies defending it as neutral (this study and others)[31], and some conferring its minor allele a protective effect [6], [28].

Also defending it as karma is probably the sorest excuse yet.

Throughout his life, Bethe was a staunch advocate of nuclear power, defending it as an answer to the inevitable exhaustion of fossil fuels.

Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the surprise and freshness is already gone.

SmithKline Beecham defends it as safe.

Vancouver folk defend it as fiercely as New Yorkers defend Central Park, resisting any incursion into their "wilderness".

"It's our League Cup crown and we want to defend it as well as we can and if we retain it, it would be a massive step forward for the club".

Scalia admitted the method was imperfect, but defended it as better than any alternative method of constitutional interpretation.

We drew a line in the sand and defended it as best we could, sometimes against our own President.