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Energy security is above all a matter of foreign and defence policy.

Some have the right to defence and others do not.

The defence has been the strong point of the side recently.

The education of the nation is no less important than its defence.

"Have you anything else to present to the court in your defence?"

He did not even take the stand in his own defence.

He had nothing further to say in his own defence.

With her last bit of defence gone, they were ready to begin.

He is able to play in right, left and central defence.

In his defence, he must have been about 12 years old.

You were right, he had another line of defence in place.

Finally, I should like to move from political issues to defence and security policy.

We must also take action in the field of foreign, security and defence policy.

He was a key part of their defence during the late 80's and early 90s.

Well, at least now we can see where the defence is coming from.

The defence of women's rights is important to me, too.

Is there to be a common defence policy or not?

This line of defence is no better than the first.

It looked as if the defence had made its point.

Being well brought up is often no defence against it.

It might at any rate be a line of defence.

At the time his home club was given as Defence.

And in central defence he can offer a lot more.

He later worked as the director of a defence research institute.

And that is without even looking at the position on defence policy.

I think the defense has a lot of work to do, too.

Where he wants his country to say no is on defense.

She did not take the stand in her own defense.

But the main effect was to leave their defense open.

"I was thinking about getting back on defense more than anything else."

Not all the cases involved questions of poor defense work.

But he found a way to create a problem for the defense.

You now know where every guy is going on defense.

What was I going to say in my own defense?

The defense industry, for example, is going strong right now.

But he was not only talking about running around on defense.

They are running out of people who can play defense.

The case will then be turned over to the defense.

He wanted the defense to step up into the play more.

Do you think he will try the case for the defense?

But of course, he could not just work on defense.

Whether the defense will hold up in court is another matter.

With a little help from the defense, he made 11.

I think we have to get the defense back to the players.

The defense is expected to take at least two weeks.

If South had considered the earlier defense, he would have done better.

"Now people have to think about our defense when they play us."

But the defense has yet to put on its case.

West now led a heart, and the defense had no chance.

The defense has a lot of guys who can play.