Sentence examples for flood defence from inspiring English sources

Flood defence walls, flood gates, ramps and steps are being constructed in Teignmouth.

The implications for flood defence are immense.

We need flood prevention as well as flood defence.

We need to urgently review every shelved flood defence scheme.

Flood defence, like politics, is the art of the possible.

"Coastal wildlife sites provide important flood defence functions as well as havens for wildlife.

The chancellor announced a £2bn "major improvement" in flood defence and coastal protection, but that still amounts to a 30% cut in flood defence spending.

The Environment Agency manages fisheries, flood defence, navigation, recreation and nature conservation.

But he warned future flood defence works might be hampered by a tight funding settlement.

A spokesman said the River Caen breached a section of the flood defence in Braunton.

This is not the first time that the parties have clashed over flood defence data.