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"The first line of defence is to call on its capital or reserves, " he said.

Public intervention would provide a third line of defence by tackling the housing and credit problem directly, he said.

It was perceived as the Mubarak family's first line of defence as it attempted to impose Gamal as Mubarak's successor.

"[They] thus provided a first line of defence during the crisis, " said Diana Farrell, one of the report's authors.

Effective national regulatory regimes could have prevented this crisis and must be our first line of defence against any future one.

Secondly, fault-tolerant control can be regarded as the last line of defence keeping the systems running safely.

The first line of defence, not just for shareholders but for everyone else, is to make sure boards are up to the job.

The Australian born keeper has been a regular last line of defence for John Coleman's side who are currently 11th in League Two.

This was the first line of defence and central banks have probably done by now most of what they could do.

The enemy had to fall back on the second line of defence.

The security check at railway stations is an important section in the line of defence against dangers and explosion.

Westerveld went on to make 103 appearances for the Reds and was Liverpool's last line of defence in the 2000-2001 treble triumph.

For individuals personal protection against mosquito bites represents the first line of defence for malaria prevention.

That leaves the ECB as the last line of defence for the euro.

The first line of defence against compromised products are the factory's clients, the importers.

They were the emperor's most immediate line of defence; they could also, on occasion, be his most deadly enemies.

"No one could possibly have anticipated this disaster" is another common line of defence.

Though no one rules them out, such controls are clearly not Colombia's first line of defence.

The first line of defence is intelligence, not least because very little information on extremists is being provided by Muslim minorities .

Because Congress was meant to be the first line of defence.

Install a burglar alarm if you can afford it as another line of defence against intruders.

One of the key lessons of the 1970s is that free markets are the consumers' first line of defence.

Web designers are an important line of defence in the war on cybercrime and have a serious responsibility to create a safe site.

What kind of competition be complete smash the line of defence of " big S" ?

And lastly, we should give persistent education to government officials to set up moral line of defence against power corruption.

But money holdings are their first line of defence.

The first line of defence remains monetary policy.

Identity authentication is the most important line of defence in the network security.

Gordon Brown's first line of defence is that we are facing a world economic recession, so it's not his fault.

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The Study on the Armed Forces Geography of the Line of Defence along Changjiang River in the Kingdom of Wu

Vaccines: the first line of defence