Sentences with phrase «defence against the accusation»

Not exact matches

There must have been a factor in the situation which both drove the authorities themselves to desperate measures and also gave them a defence against popular accusation.

And with Liverpool having the joint second best defensive record in the league, the accusations levied against the defensive work of the side, although some of them are pertinent, seem to have not as much importance in comparison to the issues raised here, although with the slight caveat that there is a noticeable drop off between the two seasons in terms of interceptions from midfield and the forwards, which has lead to Liverpool not being so strong on the counter attack and the fact that the majority of the shots Liverpool have conceded seem to be in the space in front of the defence and behind the midfield.

There's a sideswipe at the carbon footprint of middleclass Aga owners; a defence of Greens against the accusation that they're an overwhelmingly middle class movement; and a rather pathetic attempt at a class breakdown of Ryanair customers, before getting down to the main issue — an attack on Spiked and its principal contributors for their agnostic position on global warming.

Echoing the sentiments of criminal defence lawyer Brian Greenspan from a day earlier, Fisher said the focus of Felderhof's counsel was to resume the trial in front of Hryn rather than directly deal with all of the accusations the OSC leveled against Groia's conduct from the first 70 days of the trial.