Sentence examples for essential to defending from inspiring English sources

Orbán said the razor-wire fence erected on Hungary's southern border with Serbia was essential to defending the Schengen zone's external borders.

He said that while liberals may denounce the hunt for the Playboy editor, criminal charges are essential to defending the morality of Muslim-majority Indonesia from Western influence.

"It's essential to defend every drop of water," said Hector Barrios, a 40-year-old anti-mining activist in Cabañas.

Earlier this week, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates defended the recent raid by Special Operations forces as essential to defend American and other allied troops battling militants in Afghanistan.

In fact it is essential to defend liberty to the hilt especially if, like me, you want a government that can protect the weak and vulnerable.

Mr. Bush had also been impressed with a report produced in 1998 by a bipartisan commission headed by Mr. Rumsfeld, which concluded that the building of a national missile defense was essential to defend the United States against ballistic missile attacks.

"I believe that there are some very important principles at stake in this case and that a robust legal challenge before the courts is essential to defend Ireland's interests," he said.

If Nice is being further compromised by pressure from a misguided industry-friendly government, then loud protests are essential to defend an NHS struggling with rising demand and a vast funding deficit, putting patient care at risk.

Rebekah Brooks, NOTW editor until 2003, News International CEO until last month Then "We believe it is essential to defend the reputation of NOTW and News International as independent media that make a major contribution to life in Britain".

In the 1950s, McCarthy and his inquisitors trampled the free expression of left-wing views; and so for the next two decades or so it was essential to defend the principle of free speech at every opportunity.

That is why now more than ever it is essential to defend the right of all people to be different and to possess an identity, language being the most significant element of identification.