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Towards the end of the 2nd century the Romans started constructing walls around the city to help with its defences.

For the rest, like an autoimmune disease, the curse undermines the ability of a country to build defences against it.

The defences of the buyer arising out of the sale contract do not concern the bank and in no way affect its liability.

But it was a revelation for me to have someone take the time to look under the layers and defences.

The court ruled unanimously that this would deprive Walmart of defences in individual cases that it was entitled to.

A few days later her defences were back in place, and she dedicated herself to being as useful as she could to her old friend.

In the eyes of most south Louisianans, the federal government has been a bit stingy when it comes to reinforcing flood defences.

The scientists do not fully understand how supplements may trigger early death, but they may interfere with the body's natural defences.

At dawn the Totenkopf Division launched multiple attacks from its small bridgeheads to overwhelm all the British defences in its sector.

I imagine that the impact would depend upon how quickly the oceans rise, and how much money was available for building new defences.

It takes just two or three big waves to signal doom: once water flows behind the defences, even the thickest ramparts are swift to collapse.

This process can take a week or more, but once we have defences against a virus, we can respond to it much more quickly next time.

Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile.

The defences around the plant's nuclear reactors were wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami in March.

Missile defences will be discussed by the American and Russian presidents when they meet in London at the G20 summit early next month.

One report suggests he was in charge of several road checkpoints around the capital, which were a key part of security defences.

Diplomatic gossip has it that the president could also cancel plans for state-of-the-art missile defences in Europe.

Such a policy, he reminded Congress in testimony on Wednesday, would start with an attack on Libya's air defences.

There were no flood defences, and the water used to wash up to the buildings, sometimes up to waist height.

This data is likely to be mentioned at every opportunity by company bosses as they now try to restore their defences.

Various academic studies have found that anti-takeover defences seem to pay.

Its formation is part of a reinforcement of the state's defences, which also include the modernisation of airfields and road infrastructure.

They are obsessives who found it temptingly easy to breach the defences of supposedly sophisticated companies.

They present our bodies with a 'sneak preview' of a dangerous microbe, allowing our immune systems to prepare defences.

Our troops are already bursting through the enemy's weakened defences.

The reasoning was that even if Thule was wiped out, SAC would still have defences and communications.

Mr Assad would almost certainly attack such zones unless he were convinced that his own air defences and armour would be bombed.

The defences have failed badly at all three of the reactors which were running at the time the earthquake hit.

The tanks were designated to exploit a breakthrough of the enemy's defences.

For all his too obvious lack of skill, Edwin had the strength to break through Simon's defences.

Having destroyed Libya's air defences, Western bombers and missiles pummelled the advancing troops into a speedy retreat.

Meanwhile he would tighten sanctions and build defences against Iranian missiles (present American policy in a nutshell).

The soldiers infiltrated into the enemy defences.

By tweaking its genes, the scientists were able to "tune" the worms' natural defences - enzymes it produces to tackle superoxide.

Starling argues that while public spending is being squeezed, cutting back on investment in flood defences would be a false economy.

We only have to understand how to unlock defences at San Siro, but I'm very happy about tonight's match.

Despite all this, missile defences can be effective.

Our aeroplanes bombed the enemy and softened up their defences before the army landed and attacked.

It could also improve blood flow in cells, which protects healthy cells but leaves cancer cells vulnerable to the body's natural defences.

Have our soldiers broken through the enemy's defences yet?

Our soldiers have broken through the enemy's defences.

The Netherlands is also affected and is spending $100 per person a year on flood defences.

Another reason to introduce Eurobonds is that the existing defences drawn up to contain the crisis are starting to look too flimsy.

The euro area's weaker sovereigns currently have none of these defences.

In this case the parties liable can only set up against the holder defences which could be set up against the endorser.

Much was made of United's attacking incision and movement last season, which left opposing defences befuddled beyond repair.

Its costly capabilities are intended to make it effective against the air defences of a sophisticated enemy, such as China.

We need strong defences against the enemy.

As most players will easily kill a few harvesters before turning to take on your army and base defences.

The seabirds there have no defences against predation, so the mouse simply walks into their nests and starts eating the chicks alive.

I've got no way of knowing whether current defences (in Holland, say) are able to withstand an extra 1 metre of mean sea level.

Bacteria have defences against viruses in the form of chemicals called restriction enzymes, which chop up foreign DNA.

Research suggests chemicals in the foods block tumour growth and boost the body's natural defences against cancer.

North Korea's neighbours may be prepared simply to huddle together, trusting in the best efforts of diplomacy and missile defences.

This shared vulnerability has also created a need for collective defences and for shared responsibility in making these defences work.

Once a fungus evolves past the natural defences of one set of trees, it will spread like wildfire through the rest.

The enemy has broken through our defences.

Unfortunately, the Luftwaffe's fighter force and the German flak defences were making that event a possibility.

These continually evolving attacks are far more likely to go unseen and unchecked by existing network defences.

Antibodies are the body's defences against infection.

ANTIBODIES - the linchpin of our natural defences against bacteria and viruses - may also protect us from strokes.

The enemy's Achilles heel is his harbor defences.

The enemy brushed aside our defences.

In October all member states signed up to Mr Mandelson's review of trade defences.

The entire walk is 14km and will take us along the 400-year-old ribbon of wall that once made up the defences north-west of Beijing.

The teams played with a back four, with the exception of New Zealand, Algeria and Chile, who had three-man defences.

Whatever short-term benefit these distorted defences may bring, they do little to engender the long-term confidence that is so badly needed.

In a matter of days, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Andorra all agreed to lower their defences.

Rich countries build sewers, drains, dams, reservoirs, flood defences, irrigation canals and barrages to avoid such problems.

worsening America-Russia rivalry, left the Russians free to look more realistically to their own defences.

We must try to make movements with or without the ball , to unlock tight defences, who defend with 8 men.

Firstly the loss evaluations of group airplanes in the condition of average distribution of the firepower of aerial defences is given.

partially because defences are pretty hefty investments - which shows off the mass battles to their full effect.

I do not think the German Air Force has the numbers or quality to overpower our air defences.

Patients undergoing xenotransplantation will be especially vulnerable, because their natural defences are down.

Set aside your fears, resentments defences and bad moods and get in touch with your inner child.

Ted Drake was the main tormentor of opposition defences.

When he's playing alongside Torres they have the ability to tear defences wide open in a split second.

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Steiner had strong reservations about attacking directly into the jaws of the Soviet defences .

I consider the questions as to whether strengthening the defences of small states can threaten anyone to be improper.

The NPR outlines a new approach that will ensure that our defences and diplomacy are geared towards meeting these challenges effectively.

Capital controls should be part of their defences, too, against sudden floods of foreign cash.

To avoid the IMF's ruinous rules, governments would build their own defences against adversity by accumulating reserves of foreign currency.

Her superb mobility and running also make her extremely useful when it comes to carving out openings and unlocking the tightest defences.

The arrangement shields it from immediate threat, but even there the political establishment is intent on dismantling the defences.

The excellent harvest in India convinced politicians, once fearful of food inflation, to lower protectionist defences.

The reason for this is also quite apparent: it is part of the self-centred activity with its defences, resistances, escapes and fears.

The move follows criticism that some banks have relied too heavily on complex securities which have proved poor defences against big losses.

RBS says that it has "legal and factual defences" against such claims.

Sensors and tracking technologies will fortify our defences against natural hazards and weather variations.

North Korea 's neighbours may be prepared simply to huddle together, trusting in thebesteffortsof diplomacy and missile defences.

As with seasonal influenza, the principal defences against a new pandemic influenza strain are vaccination and antiviral drugs.

Ca2 stimulates enzymatic systems that help trigger the body's immune defences - the investigators wondered if Pb2 did the same.

Russia disliked NATO's eastward expansion and the Bush administration's plans for new missile defences in Europe.

The game features unique building system with different materials and elements. You can construct defences in easy and enjoyable way!

This highlights the importance of the non - specific, first-line immune defences during the critical early phase of infection.

The Second Artillery's missiles could swamp the bases' defences and destroy runways as well as large numbers of fighters and ships.

Fifthly, I don't take any account of coastal defences.

These defences illustrate the second important point of the case: it shows how litigation can fill gaps regulation will miss.

It had seen at first hand in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war the damage that modern air defences can cause.

Instead, they are suggesting improvements to its defences.

Kang says FDA approval should follow shortly, and adds that the vaccine has boosted the defences of macaque monkeys in the lab.

As part of the broad coalition, the US is also helping to remove the threat from Libya's air defences with sea-launched missiles.

The middlegame I repeat is chess itself; chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc. - Znosko-Borovsky.

Mr Bush compared Mr Sarkozy's arrival with the "latest incarnation of Elvis" and endorsed an EU plan to develop stronger defences.

In a single day all the outer line of the Dutch defences was mastered .

Across a range of animal species, males tend to be the "weaker sex" in relation to immune defences, usually because of hormonal differences.

They made the disclosure as they unveiled plans to bolster national defences against online attacks.

However, as big companies have improved their defences, the trolls have changed their tactics and are now going after start-ups.

The new obligor may assert against the obligee all defences which the original obligor could assert against the obligee.

An official commission in Sweden has suggested cuts in purchases of anti-aircraft defences, tanks and fighter aircraft .

The rebel frontline in this part of the country is a series of simple defences - mounds of earth to protect the rebels from incoming fire.

An EMP strike to reduce the efficiency of anti-missile defences followed by a 'proper' nuclear strike.

Seoul has vowed to bolster its defences and sharpen its rules of engagement, particularly when civilians are attacked.

AMERICA and other countries still have to fine-tune their cyber-defences to distinguish mere nuisances from real menaces.

Compared to India's array of SAMs and fighters, Pakistan's air defences, while well coordinated, are not very sophisticated.

But there comes a time, when we are strong enough, to remove these defences and see what is underneath.

Most of the teams had compact defences and used a zonal marking policy but could switch to man-marking if necessary.

Blustery conditions did little to aid either defences, and Wolves' set-pieces caused United untold troubles.

And it urges the Tokyo Stock Exchange to set guidelines that discourage poison-pill takeover defences .

Banks must revisit their assumptions about how effective their defences are against multiple risks.

As one NATO hand puts it, the row over missile defences has made plain a broader challenge to America's moral sway over its old allies.

The rush to build takeover defences follows legal changes that have made it easier for foreign companies to buy Japanese groups.

National budgets can ill afford the cost of improving defences.

Mr Putin has opposed the missile defences being proposed for Europe by saying Iran's rockets are no imminent threat to NATO.

PotashCorp attempted to raise its defences on Tuesday by passing a "poison pill" shareholder rights plan.

Those struggling to bolster the nations' defences are only too aware that in cyberspace, the attacker always has the advantage.

You have already contributed enormously to the construction of these defences.

As Yahoo! threw up its defences, Microsoft also became the subject of rumours.

It reinforces the skin's natural defences and protects the skin from harsh environmental conditions.

One senior military official says General Alexander's priority will be to improve the defences of military networks.

This gave Singapore and Malaysia breathing space to build up their own armed forces, while under some protection from British air defences.

Our defences must be reinforced against attack.

In the past couple of years they have renewed their cross-shareholdings and built takeover defences, which protect them from outsiders.

Large Stone Wall is a truly formidable barrier, with Dating extremely strong gate defences.

The arbitral tribunal may adjust the costs of the arbitration if a party amends or supplements its claims, counterclaims or defences.

China must improve its defences, but that does not mean we are a threat.

Sforza, his father, *being in the employ of Queen Giovanna of Naples, all at once left her without defences.

They have been strengthening their border defences in preparation for war.

It is wintertime , the wind and the cold attack our natural defences and make us more prone to chills and colds.

Yoann Gourcuff The France and Bordeaux midfield player is adept at unlocking defences.

Despite the defences, there is likely to be some flooding.

eg. The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.

This, said Mr Obama, would offer "stronger, smarter and swifter defences" .

Taiwan has renewed its request to buy 30 advanced combat helicopters from the United States to boost its defences against the mainland.

It would build more coastal and flood defences and invest in clean coal.

The original defences, consisting of turf ramparts on a green wood foundation, were built by the Ninth Legion between 71 and 74 AD.

He ruminated on his defences before he should accost her father.

"This is less than one state in Germany is spending on improving its flood defences, " says the report.

Europe and America are both boosting their cyber-defences in large part because of the vast scale of suspected Chinese electronic snooping.

Other defences are actions, rather than things, some of them automatic and some of them not.

Her defences will wear down after a few weeks in prison.

Yet regulators have used market prices to build their defences against market failure.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it will recruit hundreds of cyber experts to shore up UK defences.

The country must look to its defences.

They imply a major attack on Libyan air defences, causing casualties.

We must see that there is no gap in our defences.

When the war ended all defences stopped, too.

It's obviously possible to build defences that protect habitable land far below sea level.

Some foods positively bolster your defences.

Silently the senses abandon their defences .

CANCER is deadly because it comes from within and evades the body's natural defences.

The iron dragon marches to your punny defences.

They have thrown their energies into building up ever more powerful defences.

A partial answer to botnets lies in better defences and detection.

They argue that if ET has the technology to cross space to reach us any defences we have will be all but useless.

The enemies' defences were softened up after bombing.

But the unlucky beast's defences were no match for the raging hippos.

eg. Without proper defences we'd be helpless against an enemy attack.

His genuine smile immediately let our defences down.

Believing that they had knocked out all American defences on the island, a Japanese fleet went to take Wake Island without any air support.

Both countries still see each other as adversaries, not partners. This is clear in the dispute over missile defences in Europe.

DEFENCE companies such as Lockheed Martin have seen some of their cyber-defences penetrated.

Wonderful skill on either foot and the ability to play the strikers through and open up the opposition defences.

While contentious, there are ample defences for this policy.

All well and good but, in order to communicate with customers, companies have weakened former defences against hacking.

The defences are kept in readiness for any enemy attack.

So does the problem of missile defences, and not just in Europe.

Canada's defences in the north remain tenuous.

All too often these are dropped into areas with heavy anti-infantry defences, and that wastes them.

In America "poison pill" defences are still legal, and many states have laws that prevent local companies being bought by foreigners.

Instead of erecting a single barrier, they now set up several lower defences that reduce rust's harm.

The walls of York were strong defences.

The government, in return, promised to maintain flood defences.

The first time you get infected, your immune system has to rely initially on innate, non-specific defences.

"Breakthrough, " Our commander shouted as we all went to the gate and destroyed their defences.

Russia said any country involved in America's missile defences made itself a legitimate target for nuclear attack.

Besides, the critics have a big weakness: if missile defences were just expensive junk, why would the Russians protest so loudly?

In cases where there are sea defences, rocks or other obstacles, these are best avoided or.

There is speculation that he will slow the deployment of missile defences in Poland and the Czech Republic.

This suggests we should remain critical while watching TV adverts or the message will creep in under our defences.

Mr Lynn said cyber attacks in the future would not only focus on stealing data but also damaging US defences or even causing deaths.

In all likelihood, my father had kept this peroration as a threat intended to undermine my last defences.

at the front we must strengthen our military defences and repulse any offensive campaign the enemy may launch;

"This will especially create problems for low-lying developing countries, which don't have the capacity to build sea-defences, " says Viner.

Our defences rely on what we can plan and do now.

But we should know how to play these type of opponents. We should know how to find a way to break these defences down.

Hong Kong also used the time it bought to bolster its defences.

I will give some examples of cases in which we have faced such defences, and how we have been able to overcome them

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second, recapitalise the European banking system, which has done far less since 2008 to fortify its defences than America's;

the defences are kept in readiness for an enemy attack

Creative thinkers 'more likely to cheat' as they can dream up more imaginative defences

After a terrible hurricane in 1965, the government built defences against the sea

Suppression of enemy air defences;

The military defences on the Yellow River

Defences and rights of set-off

I had to give up my defences

I think we must beef up our defences