Sentence examples for defensive activities from inspiring English sources

"AFOSI manages offensive and defensive activities to detect, counter and destroy the effectiveness of hostile intelligence services and terrorist groups that target the Air Force," according to an official service Web site.

I think CDOs as a community need to establish a clear set of service offerings that balance their offensive and defensive activities.

Because the silkworm grows well on mulberry leaves, the toxicities and defensive activities of these leaves against herbivorous insects have been overlooked.

Such individuals may be inhibited from acting by inconvenience associated with the defensive activities, or lack of information about pollutant levels and possible adverse effects.

Now defensive activity will take place in the context of "day-to-day great power competition" rather than in crisis.

The second-seeded Cardinals (27-5) won last year's Big East tournament with a similar blend of timely scoring, tough rebounding and tireless defensive activity.

Siva's 37 minutes of harried defensive activity, combined with a standout performance from the junior guard Russ Smith, proved too much for the Irish to handle.

There were contributions across the bench: Ronny Turiaf's defensive activity, Bill Walker's two driving dunks in the fourth quarter, Danilo Gallinari's 16 points.

Within a few years the circulation of the Independent rose to within touching distance of both the Times and the Guardian, and the previously stagnant market was provoked into a frenzy of defensive activity to retain readers.

But this defensive activity quickly proved to have a striking side-effect: the exhilaration of the group moving and singing as one produced an experience of collective joy that was both pleasurable and therapeutic and different in kind from verbal communication.

He is averaging 13.7 points and 6.2 rebounds and, while often guarding the opposition's best perimeter threat, leading the team in steals and deflections — the most critical indicator, for Coach Tom Crean and his staff, of a player's defensive activity.