Sentence examples for defending it by from inspiring English sources

Cranmer accepted a commission to write a propaganda treatise in the king's interest, stating the course he proposed and defending it by arguments from Scripture, the Fathers, and the decrees of general councils.

She stood near it for weeks, defending it by shaking her head and hissing at anyone who approached; this behavior demonstrated that Cuban iguanas guard their nest sites.

Mohammed Halabi, a 19-year-old law student from Ramallah, wrote on his Facebook page hours before stabbing dead two Israelis in the Old City: "Defending Al-Aqsa... is our honor and defending it by all means and forms is legal".

The Government cannot rest upon a faulty indictment, and defend it by indicating its willingness to acquiesce in surgery which it is apparently unready to initiate.

If they start to claim one of your capture points, you can defend it by clicking on its flag.

The points system has been Ukip's official policy for a while now, and its proponents will occasionally defend it by reference to our eccentric upside-down cousins.

Proponents of David Cameron's austerity often defend it by invoking the memories of the 1970s with its runaway inflation, deficits and the humiliation of an International Monetary Fund bail-out.

We will defend it by being open to criticism where it is fair.

"The victory is obvious, and we will defend it by all nonviolent means.

For the most part, the sponsors of the clause defended it by the following line of reasoning.

When it drops too low, Canada's central bank defends it by intervening in the market and buying the currency.