Sentence examples for target to defend from inspiring English sources

There was no exchange rate target to defend; better still for governments, creditors proved remarkably tolerant when lending to countries with currencies that tended to depreciate.

Of all the compliments that have been paid to Australia's pace attack this summer – and there have been plenty after an impressive display at Old Trafford when the batsmen finally gave them a target to defend – perhaps the greatest has been in the preparation of the pitches.

But Bresnan and England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad gave the innings late impetus with a stand of 47 in 31 deliveries and a decent target to defend.

With such a small target to defend, it was only ever going to take one significant partnership for Pakistan to be on the ropes, and so it proved as Sehwag and Kohli sapped the life out of their opponents.

The innings never properly recovered and 22-year-old Lloyd, on his one-day debut, got rid of Toby Roland-Jones and Tim Murtagh for ducks, before patient batting from Dexter and Finn at least gave the visitors a target to defend.

All of these studies indicate that miR-133 can serve as a therapeutic target to defend against diet-induced obesity.

"This munition was used against legitimate military targets to defend Saudi towns and villages against continuous attacks by Houthi militia, which resulted in Saudi civilian casualties," he said.

Levine was an aggressive banker who had occupied the office next to Schwarzman's, and who showed an uncanny ability to foresee hostile bids, which, in turn, often enabled Lehman to approach the target company to defend it.

It enabled targeted groups to defend themselves against racial vilification and had "nothing to do with limiting free speech", he said.

"This performance against Sri Lanka was a bit like the old school England, when I was involved in 2006-7 and before that when you would just try and knock yourself to a target and try to defend it".

The evader is to attack some fixed target, whereas the pursuer is to defend the target by intercepting the evader.