Sentence examples for significant defences from inspiring English sources

A year later allied troops would have faced far more significant defences had it not been for the Dambusters raid.

The town's first significant defences were likely erected due to commercial interests, following the temporary seizure of St . Johns by the Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter in June 1665.

Their form is in stark contrast to the awful results in the Premier League, where United have slithered to ninth and look incapable of mounting a significant defence of their championship.

A report now being finalised by a government committee headed by Vijay Kelkar, a former finance secretary, calls for much deeper reforms that could boost the role of the private sector, encourage co-operation with foreign suppliers, and turn India into a significant defence exporter.

As he moves into Mr Gates's office on 1 July, Mr Panetta's two priorities will be overseeing the reduction in troop commitments in Afghanistan and identifying significant defence cuts that Mr Obama is demanding in the order of $200bn £125bnn), or even $400bn, a year.

The relative abundance of innate lymphocytes in human liver should represent a significant defence to hepatic malignancy.

The Environment Agency said water came within a few inches of going over the top of significant flood defences, but "things could have been worse".

But he also had to maintain the posture, which was costly window dressing, of a significant British defence presence east of Suez.

It is worth remembering that Arizona are missing some very significant pieces on defence.

Given current political realities, the reallocation of any significant amount of defence spending towards infrastructure investment seems extremely unlikely.

A more robust military posture, coupled with a significant rise in defence spending, fuelled concerns that Japan has embarked on an unstoppable lurch to the right.