Sentence examples for had been defended from inspiring English sources

He had been defended by two attorneys under contract to the Lake County public defender's office.

The I.C.C.'s decision had been defended in court by the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department.

The decision to strike off had been defended at a recent hearing as "just and fair – not wrong" by Joanna Glynn QC, for the GMC.

His greatest literary achievement was an epic, Szigeti veszedelem (1651; "The Peril of Sziget"), in 15 cantos, on the siege in 1566 of Szigetvár, which had been defended against the Turks by Zrínyi's great-grandfather.

The weak transitional government had been defended by Ethiopian troops since 2006 and supported by other countries in an effort to prop up an effective central government in a country that had not had one in 18 years.

"When he refused," Early wrote, "I felt something greater than pride: I felt as though my honor as a black boy had been defended, my honor as a human being".

Hackbart, who had been defending, instantaneously became an offensive player.

Mr. Salley testified he had been defending himself.

In the final minutes we and Alicia discovered that she had been defending the killer.

Soldiers who had been defending Tal-Afar have reportedly fled, leaving their weapons behind.

Pfizer had been defending Lipitor patent challenges by Ranbaxy for five years.