Example sentences of "defend themselves by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men defended themselves by arguing that the woman had consented to sex frequently and had done so on this occasion also . |
| 2 | The Jews defended themselves by quoting Hecataeus of Abdera . |
| 3 | The youths attempted to defend themselves by claiming that the girls , who were returning from a pop concert , had consented . |
| 4 | he has for the aforesaid common good and defence of the realm ordained that as clerks ought not to defend themselves by force of arms , the third part of the present year 's temporalities of prelates and clerks and all persons of holy church , religious and other is to be seized . |
| 5 | In 1989 the Supreme Court had assisted employers to defend themselves by ruling that it was up to the worker to prove that such practices did not constitute a " business necessity " . |