Sentence examples for such defence from inspiring English sources

Hui and Kwok had no such defence.

In fact, the mosque required no such defence.

The trouble is that some papers lost their way and had no such defence at all.

"No such defence could be properly pleaded, since there simply was no evidence to support it," the ruling said.

No such defence is available for the sense of injustice felt by Beattie, who instigated grievance proceedings against Pulis months after their alleged Arsenal bust-up.

Kyrgios had no such defence – at least not until the retired Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser foolishly served up a retrospective, cause-generating effect by telling him to "go back where [your parents] came from".

Will such defences work?

In fact, they already invoke such defences – and at a disturbingly increasing rate.

The United States had no such defences, and the fire ants spread like wildfire.

Although such defences could not have stopped the recent terrorist attacks, America is unlikely to abandon its quest for them.

But such defences are more likely to provoke than to deter, and these days boards avoid them.