Sentence examples for efforts on defending from inspiring English sources

Riel wanted to concentrate all efforts on defending Batoche; Dumont favoured a more forward position.

In Argentina, he focused his efforts on defending the poor and on social justice issues, according to The National Catholic Reporter.

Dann currently has his own practice and has focused his efforts on defending homeowners in foreclosure.

And he says that as well as looking at pay and conditions, trade unions should "concentrate their effort on defending their members' quality of work".

One lawyer who is involved in the military defense effort said Thursday that there could be tensions over the extent to which legal efforts focus on defending individual detainees and how much they focus on challenging the entire military commission system.

The A.C.L.U. has accused the affiliate of mismanagement and not spending enough money on efforts to defend civil liberties.

Research papers published in the 2015 edition of the Zoological Society of London's International Zoo Yearbook, focus on efforts to defend three of these threatened species from the 1970s to the present day.

The efforts of governments are concentrated not on defending the living Earth from destruction, but on defending the machine that is destroying it.

Figure out the correct balance before a match so you don't hamper your efforts to defend shots on goal.

One could also argue that Popper's critique of Marxism applies principally to efforts to defend the ideology on scientific grounds.

A community organizing group stepped up efforts to defend its tainted reputation on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit in Maryland against a conservative activist, as yet another government agency sought to distance itself from the group.