Example sentences of "as defence " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German authorities want , in certain sensitive sectors such as defence and electronics , to retain a final sanction over mergers , which would work against the spirit of a single Euromerger policy . |
| 2 | Quite how a man who could not bear to hurt a living thing after seeing the damage his childhood air-rifle did to a starling could serve as defence secretary is something of an enigma . |
| 3 | Jim Bulpitt argues that an abiding interest of Conservative leaders has been the protection of the autonomy of the central government in matters which ministers regard as ‘ high politics ’ , such as defence , foreign affairs , and national economic policy . |
| 4 | Last week Mr Chatichai again offered General Chaovalit a job , this time as defence minister and deputy prime minister . |
| 5 | His predecessor , Mr Malcolm Rifkind , possesses the toughness and intellect to make a success as Defence Secretary . |
| 6 | The window was barred on the outside but this did not seem unreasonable as there was only one thin wall of barbed wire as defence for the whole camp . |
| 7 | Among the leading figures of Republican Spain to conclude that sooner or later defeat was unavoidable were the President , Azaña , and Prieto ; in April 1938 the latter , following a Communist-orchestrated campaign , was ejected from his post as Defence Minister on grounds of ‘ defeatism ’ . |
| 8 | Migration of Generals and Admirals in and out of the civilian sector ( such as defence industry , universities and institutes of the Academy of Sciences ) is a routine practice . |
| 9 | Chief executive Pierre Bonelli said that as a result , the company was able to concentrate on vertical markets , where it holds a leading position , such as defence . |
| 10 | While many run-of-the-mill domestic issues may be left open for policy debate and political influence to decide , in every liberal democratic country the core executive monopolizes major issues such as defence and foreign policy resolution , or critical economic decisions ( the dark or secret side of the state ) . |
| 11 | In the political world there were issues that Unionists could always exploit against a Liberal government such as defence policy and the administration of the Empire . |
| 12 | On 16 October 1991 , after a hearing in chambers to consider wasted costs after the jury in a criminal trial had been discharged and a retrial ordered , Judge MacRae made an order against the appellant , H. , a barrister who had acted as defence counsel at the trial , disallowing ‘ such part of the brief fee which would otherwise have been payable on the initial trial as exceeds what would be the proper enhanced refresher for the retrial … ’ under the provisions of section 19A(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 , as inserted by section 111 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 . |
| 13 | It is important , therefore , to bear in mind the significance of the budget that Lloyd George introduced in 1909 to finance both social welfare reforms and increased government expenditure on other matters such as defence , by increasing taxation and making it more redistributive . |
| 14 | Essentially a management tool , MINIS was strongly associated with Michael Heseltine who , as Secretary of State for the Environment , introduced MINIS into the DOE and subsequently , as Defence Secretary , into the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) . |
| 15 | There was also conflict with central government as authorities assumed a ‘ mandate ’ on issues such as defence and foreign policy . |
| 16 | Defining functions , such as defence , internal law and order and tax collection are the sine qua non priorities of the state . |
| 17 | In some cases , such as defence or law and order , we all stand to benefit from the service and it would be difficult to envisage how it could be financed other than out of direct taxation . |
| 18 | In addition to pure public goods , such as defence , the state also makes free provision of certain goods , such as parks and swimming pools , which have part of the characteristics of a pure public good . |
| 19 | In Chapter 16 we distinguished between government production of public goods such as defence and government production of private goods such as steel . |
| 20 | Recently , an ambassador told me that issues such as defence and foreign policy were surely on a different plane from economic issues , involving as they did considerations of history , culture and identity . |
| 21 | The party 's deputy leader , Donald McKinnon , immediately resigned as defence spokesperson in protest over the volte face . |
| 22 | President Rodríguez had announced on Aug. 12 , 1989 , the replacement by Gen. Angel Juan Souto Hernandez of Gen. Adolfo Samaniego as Defence Minister . |
| 23 | Edgar Garay was confirmed as Navy Commander and Gen. Oscar Botero Restrepo retained his post as Defence Minister . |
| 24 | Saadi Tu'ma Abbas al-Jaburi as Defence Minister . |
| 25 | Brendan Daly was named on Feb. 5 as Defence Minister . |
| 26 | Cabinet reshuffles were announced on Nov. 1 , 1990 [ see p. 37844 ] and on Dec. 4 , when Dodson Siatalimi replaced as Defence Minister Lt.-Gen. |
| 27 | Hussein Kamil , his cousin and son-in-law , as Defence Minister with the rank of general . |
| 28 | Mohammed Hussein Tantawi Sulayman , who succeeded Youssef Sabry Abu Taleb as Defence Minister , had been head of military operations of the Egyptian contingent in the Gulf war , and his appointment was seen as a reward , as was that of Gen. Salah Halabi , commander of the Egyptian contingent , as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces . |
| 29 | Pawar was eventually sworn in as Defence Minister on June 26 after being replaced the previous day as Chief Minister of Maharashtra by Sudhakarrao Naik . |
| 30 | Shahnawaz Tanay who was replaced as Defence Minister by Watanjar ; appointment of Patkin as Minister of Internal Affairs . |