Sentence examples for official defence from inspiring English sources

The official defence budget, at about $9.7 billion, excludes the cost of much of China's military R&D and procurement.

14 December: Cadbury launches its official defence to Kraft's bid, raising its financial targets again and promising shareholders higher dividends.

These figures are much smaller than military experts had hitherto assumed, and are a fraction of that year's official defence budget of $2.9 billion.

The official defence of James's exclusion is that teachers still may, if they wish, encourage their students to read The American and The Princess Casamassima.

A lesson from that time is that when the foreign-exchange markets are far keener on one currency than another, even the stoutest official defence of a peg between the two can be broken.

Although its official defence budget is only 1% of its GDP and over the past decade has shrunk by over 3% in nominal terms, in real terms it has fallen by more like 1%.

The officials' defence was that taking commissions was not illegal under Swiss law at the time.

While Stoke felt wronged by the referee, Michael Oliver, Olsson came to the officials' defence.

Russia's annexation of Crimea and help for rebels in eastern Ukraine triggered Western sanctions, targeting senior government officials, defence industries and the energy sector.

O'Shea pleaded with the official in defence of his teammate, but Brown was issued his marching orders nonetheless, and Rooney stepped up to fire how from 12 yards.

The official Indian defence budget for 2011 was US$36.03 billion, or 1.83% of GDP.