Example sentences of "[verb] to defend against " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE South African government and the opposition African National Congress yesterday sought to defend against ferocious attack the agreement they have reached to share governmental power until the end of the century . |
| 2 | What Butler says of this account — namely that it ‘ tells us more about the fantasies that a fearful heterosexual culture produces to defend against its own homosexual possibilities , than about lesbian experience itself ’ ( Gender Trouble , 86 — 7 ) — might also be said more generally of the way homosexuality is conceptualized in sexual difference theory . |
| 3 | Trying to defend against an all out nuclear attack would be virtually impossible . |
| 4 | The Captain held his sword blade upright , almost at the salute , to show that he was neither menacing Sharpe nor trying to defend against him . |
| 5 | He has also been ordered to defend against Ireland 's Dave McAuley . |
| 6 | In the latest Jane 's Defence Weekly , he says this discovery ‘ ca n't be anything but bad news to forces planning to defend against these tanks with current anti-tank weapons ’ . |
| 7 | And if the appeal does n't give Swindon its million pounds , it 'll leave a bitter taste when they have to defend against Hoddle 's playing skills in the Premier League next season . |