Sentence examples for need for defense from inspiring English sources

The need for defense was a major influence in siting Montreal (Ville-Marie) on Montreal Island, near the confluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers.

At the same time, the Israeli government will vigorously pursue peace with the Palestinian Authority, which shares our need for defense against armed extremists.

"Defendants used excessive force in attacking, battering, beating and assaulting plaintiffs and class members without provocation or the need for defense," according to Mckesson's lawyers.

Mr. Kim, who has fostered a "sunshine" policy of engagement with the North, was clearly eager to balance the need for defense against the North with his desire to ensure that the shootout today would be an isolated incident.

St . Louishas had no need for defense because of its remarkable offense, but if the team does get into a close postseason game, which is likely, the Rams' defense is mediocre.

The local power of the army and the constant need for defense led to the formation of a militarized landed aristocracy and indeed to a military identity for free landowners at all levels and thus to social patterns that were not at all unlike those in the Lombard states.

He was referring to the threat and the need for defenses.

Each signatory was left free to build what it felt it needed for defense.

They would come into effect automatically, drying up funds needed for defense as early as 2013.

The spenders could expect to find some shortages, especially of gifts containing metal needed for defense products.

This basic change of attitude toward the Acropolis must mean that the whole lower town was surrounded by a fortification wall and the Acropolis was no longer needed for defense.