Sentence examples for initial defence of from inspiring English sources

In her initial defence of the story, Phillips said the investigation "was carried out following information from a reliable source".

Paulson's initial defence of letting Lehman fail, that he believed the market had had time to prepare, gave way to the one he uses today, echoed by Bernanke.

"It also caused enormous distress to Mrs Morgan, who decided, given the newspaper's initial defence of the article, that she had no choice but to commence legal proceedings against the publisher of the Daily Mail".

The introduction of proteolytic enzymes to the bloodmeal degrades vertebrate complement in the first 3 h (Margos et al., 2001), a change that is intriguingly mirrored by the short-lived initial defence of the parasite against complement (see above) – a truly fascinating interplay between host, vector and parasite.

The root, being the primary target of the pathogen Fusarium udum and the possible site of the initial defence response, was selected as the tissue of study.

Where pathogens penetrate these initial defence systems, rapid detection of their presence is achieved by their engagement with a large family of pattern recognition receptors, including Toll-like receptors, retinoic-acid-inducible gene-like helicases and Nod-like receptors.

Spurr's initial defence, that the emails were part of a "whimsical linguistic game" is the most offensive excuse commonly trumpeted after racist abuse.

It stands to reason that Lindsay's sentence was so severe because of her poor initial defence.

The former president boycotted the opening of his trial in June 2007 and fired his initial defence team, saying he had not had enough time to prepare his defence.

Induction of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis seems to be among the initial defence responses.

Policymakers might find incentives the best initial defence against unsustainable abstraction, says Bird.