Sentence examples for tenaciously defended from inspiring English sources

They preserved their independence, tenaciously defended against the Greeks, until the age of the Roman conquest.

I thank Chairman Arafat, who tenaciously defended the interests of his people, and the very impressive members of his team as well.

Although some disagreements are more apparent than real because of the inherent problems of terminology and definition, diametrically opposing views are also held and tenaciously defended.

He also tenaciously defended ecclesiastical jurisdiction against the encroachments of royal justice, argued for the continued exemption of the clergy from ordinary taxes, and played a part in raising the standard of living of the lower clergy.

The City has never concerned itself with the wider issues of local government in the metropolis, except insofar as they impinge on its own position and privileges, which are tenaciously defended.

She tenaciously defended Pearson's ownership of the Financial Times, memorably declaring she would sell the business newspaper "over my dead body"; her departure will trigger speculation that a sale of the financial newspaper could happen.

Marbury played the final 4 minutes 26 seconds with five fouls, tenaciously defending Iverson.

If Slovenia scores early, possibly through its beanpole striker Milivoje Novakovic, who averaged one goal every two games in qualifying, it is likely to play with six or eight players behind the ball and tenaciously defend the lead.

De Blasio has demanded an end to racial profiling, promoting a law that would transform the training and practices of the New York City police, and promises to replace police commissioner Ray Kelly, who tenaciously defends the stop-and-frisk policy.

Instead of waiting until the current theory gets into difficulties, and only then starting to look for alternatives, we ought vigorously to proliferate theories and tenaciously defend them in the hope that they may afford us an indirect refutation of our existing theory.

It engaged VRS elements tenaciously defending Donji Vakuf.