Sentence examples for was difficult to defend from inspiring English sources

McShane survived the first wave of Carlsen's assault, but his position was difficult to defend.

The city was difficult to defend and had only a small militia garrison.

(Just as it was difficult to defend the practices that led to New York's fiscal crisis).

"Stoke changed their style today, it was Butland to Crouch so it was difficult to defend," he said.

"There has been a complete divergence of views on how to handle this case," Mr. Richman said, adding that he and his client were not communicating and that it was difficult to defend him under such circumstances.

However, through a failure to foresee the consequences of their decisions, they put the force in a position which was difficult to defend and which could, and should, have been avoided".

One is that the Baltic states are difficult to defend.

"They were physical and brought Crouch in, and it's difficult to defend.

"Since you don't know that it happened it will be difficult to defend.

"Frankly, it is an extreme measure that's difficult to defend," he said.

Harald von Witzke, professor of International Agricultural Trade and Economic Development at Humboldt University of Berlin, said that the highest subsidies were difficult to defend.