It was evident that Germany could no longer mount a successful defence.

Heaven help us, it is a sorry place to mount a defence, but there is no time to search out a better one.

The former dictator's lawyers are expected to argue that he is too sick to mount a responsible and effective defence.

He mounted a successful defence and beat off the attack.

As the headline suggests, it will no longer be sufficient in the 1990s to mount a defence.

This led to many giving up without mounting a defence.

His family attempted to mount a defence of diminished responsibility, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

I wouldn't even expect them to mount a defence as they are obviously guilty.

We are worried because the accused do not have the right to mount a defence.

This creates the opportunity for plants which can mount a defence.