Sentence examples for statement defence from inspiring English sources

In a joint statement, defence solicitors said: "This is a great tribute to the jury system and English justice and a dark day for the News of the World".

Tsarnaev has entered a plea of not guilty, though during her opening statement defence attorney Judy Clarke stated that the defence would not contend the fact that Tsarnaev participated in the attack – but said he had fallen under the influence of the radicalized Tamerlan.

In a written statement, defence minister Mark Francois said: "The redundancy programme will not impact adversely on current operations in Afghanistan, and no one who is serving on specified operations on the day the redundancy notices are issued on June 18 2013 will be made redundant unless they are applicants.

In a written ministerial statement, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that the MoD would be increasing the specialist support work during the Games that it routinely provides for the civilian authorities - such as bomb disposal, building search teams and specialist sniffer dogs.

On my reading, that could apply to just about anything: jury bundles, witness statements, defence case statements, pre-sentence reports, transcripts, photos, diagrams.

Austin issued a firm statement in defence of his injury record.

"I am humbled by and grateful to the students of Glasgow University for this historic statement in defence of our shared values".

In a statement, the defence secretary, Ash Carter, said: "This is a decisive moment in the campaign to deliver Isil a lasting defeat.

This week he made a very deliberate public statement in defence of public dissent, saying "the government must be criticised, the judiciary must be criticised, the parliament must be criticised".

It follows a statement by defence secretary Philip Hammond in the House of Commons on the various merits of the GoCo and Executive non-departmental public body with a strategic partner from the private sector (ENDPB/SP) models.

Despite her statement in defence of the existing law, Foster's acknowledgement of the November court ruling suggests politicians in Northern Ireland are also preparing for judicial decisions that would force the Stormont assembly's hand and potentially introduce some liberalisation.