Sentence examples for later defence from inspiring English sources

Last year he opposed a proposed visit by a US aircraft carrier to a Chinese port; later, defence secretary Ashton Carter said it would not take place.

He was known always as Berlusconi's 'left hand man' at both the Fininvest corporation and political party, the right being Berlusconi's original lawyer and later defence minister, former neo-fascist Cesare Previti, convicted for corruption in 2006.

Morgan's early struggles against the spin of Agar – had it not been for Matthew Wade's bungled take, he would have been stumped on 15 – augured well for the later defence and his 62 from 56 balls was his sixth score over 50 in eight one-day innings this summer.

The initial rundown will be relatively modest, with the tempo increasing later, defence officials said.

Three months later Defence was reassigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron.

Four days later his defence minister survived an assassination attempt.

In Malaysia, where the government's usual response to a proposal from China is to applaud first and ask questions later, the defence minister, Hishamuddin Hussein, has said the maritime Silk Road has "raised questions" and that it must come across as a joint (that is, regional) initiative, rather than as a solely Chinese one.

The latter two should comfortably qualify for the quarter-finals, Connacht topped their pool going into the weekend and this outstanding win – built on incredible intensity in attack, then later in defence, and topped off by a moment of genius from Charles Piutau – gives Ulster a chance of making the quarter-finals a 50% Irish affair.

The 1st Battalion was engaged in the fighting around Guillemont and later the defence of Delville Wood, suffering a total of more than 350 casualties.

A later self-defence by one of the critics centred on the argument that opera is a visual as well as musical form.

A downcast Pep Guardiola later admitted his defence's frailties.