Sentence examples for with defences from inspiring English sources

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With defences ferocious in the first half and a film of drizzle in the air, both sides needed to look to what they had over the opposition.

Because it floats, it has an intimacy with the water that it would lack if it were ringed with defences against flooding: the water is turned from an enemy into an ally.

With defences set up so well these days, there's a case for surrendering possession in areas away from goal and waiting to jump on what's called turnover ball in rugby.

That would prove to be the case for both goalkeepers over the final half-hour of regulation time with defences once again dominating, sending the match to extra-time.

When we eventually saw pictures of the scene, it seemed surprising that an electricity substation serving an entire city, with defences sturdy enough to cope with a once-in-a-hundred-years flood, whose sudden failure could extinguish power in 55,000 homes, resembled a scrap-metal dealer's Portakabin surrounded by sandbags in the middle of a massive puddle.

Both sides may have come out of last weekend lamenting defeats that have allowed Chelsea to open a small gap at the top of the table but it could be argued that with defences like they have it is remarkable they are as high up as they are.

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Such as with defence.

Under the treaty, the keenest member countries may push ahead with defence co-operation among themselves.

NASA could co-operate with defence interests in developing a replacement.

In a rugby world increasingly obsessed with defence, his sublime footwork was a gorgeous antidote.

Much of the 94-page report deals not with defence issues but with fears over a terrorist attack.

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