Sentence examples for immediate defence from inspiring English sources

An MoD spokeswoman said it did not recognise the figures on the immediate defence budget shortfall.

He said: "Nuclear arguments in Britain are a world away from nuclear strategy or even immediate defence policy.

"It all works smoothly when the company is doing well, but once things start going wrong, the immediate defence reaction is to cover up".

England meet Australia in the final two Tests of the series at Chester-le-Street and The Oval before embarking on an immediate defence of the Ashes down under this winter.

Three line divisions, with seven infantry regiments between them, were responsible for the immediate defence of the ridge.

The innate immune system provides immediate defence against infection and serves as the first line of host defence during infection [ 49].

While the city's immediate defences have not yet been threatened, Baquba and Samara in the north and Ibrahim bin Ali, west of Baghdad, have all been flashpoints.

Most (though not all) of these troops are confined to training bases, where their role is to advise and assist Iraqi and Kurdish forces, offer equipment and intelligence, and engage Isis only in immediate self-defence.

Invading microorganisms that break the primary passive protective barriers such as the cuticle or the peritrophic membrane in the gut encounter immediate-acting defence strategies such as phagocytic cells, phenoloxidase activity and reactive oxygen species.

The WHO calls mosquito control "the most immediate line of defence".

This was the immediate response among defence officials to Lord Hutton's proposals in his public service pensions review.