Sentence examples for french defence from inspiring English sources
noun
A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's pawn advance one square.
Mesut Ozil runs towards the French defence.
The Winawer variation occurs in the French defence.
The French defence minister called it "a war against terrorism".
Suddenly, cracks were appearing in the French defence.
It made good financial sense at a time when the French defence budget was being squeezed.
Yet French defence types are "despondent" about the British reaction, says Mr Witney.
The French Defence Ministry had no comment on the Nouvel Observateur report today.
Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French defence minister, thinks this may take six months.
For the first time, French defence planners are putting an emphasis on anticipation of future threats.
Other mergers include Thales, a French defence-electronics company that became Franco-British after buying Racal.
This in turn helped to produce last year's Anglo-French defence agreement.
