Sentence examples for longstanding defence from inspiring English sources

The answer begins with the RSPB's longstanding defence of raptors such as hen harriers, which feed on grouse but are still being illegally persecuted and killed by some grouse moor owners.

And after Nicolas Sarkozy became president in 2007, the process was taken a step further, with a review of France's permanent military deployments and a rewrite of longstanding bilateral defence accords with African allies, abandoning the commitment to use military force in defence of incumbent friendly regimes.

It makes no sense to abandon our longstanding overall defence strategy unilaterally for solely political reasons.

He and his father, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, the longstanding Saudi defence minister, have been at the centre of all of Saudi Arabia's recent arms deals.

Thanks to its permanent military bases on the continent (see map) and longstanding bilateral defence accords with many ex-colonies, France has often sought to play the role of regional gendarme.

If the longstanding US commitment to the defence of Europe is to be maintained, Europe must remain a co-operative partner not just in military matters but also in political and economic affairs.

Even more pointedly, Mr Hagel reaffirmed America's longstanding position that its mutual-defence treaty with Japan "applies to the Senkaku Islands".In a prompt reply, China's foreign ministry urged America "not to choose sides" and to "make no more inappropriate remarks".

Labour will continue to back the renewal of the Trident weapons system despite Jeremy Corbyn's longstanding opposition to nuclear weapons, the new shadow defence secretary, Nia Griffith, has said.

Israel has urged Russia not to fulfil a longstanding contract to supply Iran with S-300 air-defence systems which would make it harder for anyone to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities.

PFI in defence is dwarfed by the private sector's longstanding role in supplying arms and equipment.

It represents a break from the longstanding tradition wherein Republicans refuse to entertain the idea of cuts to defence.It may be that Republicans realised the first round of cuts was unavoidable.