And, in the end, this focus on the defensive side of trade liberalization makes negotiations more difficult.

Defensive formation.

I'm not being defensive.

I'm your defensive shield.

We're on the defensive.

Life hardened and became defensive.

Italians have abandoned their defensive tactics.

The Portuguese formed a defensive square.

She became very defensive, almost violent.

preventive maintenance of light vehicle, defensive driving

Yes, civilization seems to be on the defensive.

This defensive view of transatlantic relations is problematic.

So, you just had a hugely defensive stalemate.

She's on the defensive, but it's a façade.

Our interactions with Muslims may be unconsciously influenced by this defensive reflex, and that may encourage equally defensive attitudes on their part.

As a defensive measure, the enemy country responds by unleashing a defensive cyberattack that results in the allied nations' power grids going down.

Constantine's successors built the finest defensive fortifications ever made.

I've become very defensive about these claims of circularity.

The homeland war was a defensive, just and legitimate war.

This move has been characterized by Ethiopia as purely defensive.

And what do we do? We attack them. We're defensive.

I can't ask him to be my defensive shield anymore.

So, I no longer need to have a defensive shield.

It's just my little defensive mechanism, as you call it.

11. At 1010 hours on 25 August 1993, four soldiers from the Iranian side were seen carrying out maintenance work on a defensive position opposite the Bajliyah post inside the area of separation.

But above all, what we have to do is we have to help the good guys, the people on the defensive side, have an advantage over the people who want to abuse things.

In the meantime, a somewhat conservative and defensive posture is warranted.

They have shifted from defensive to offensive Iraqi led security initiatives.

The victim continues to be deprived of defensive assistance and weaponry.

Give me a defensive perimeter so we can load the wounded.

Don't touch me. This isn't the time for your defensive shield.

After that the art of defence with offensive and defensive Vformations...

On offensive he was useless. On defensive he was a coward.

The demonstrations have again shown which side harbours deep seated hostility and aggressive intentions against the other, and who has been on the defensive in Cyprus since the beginning of the conflict in 1963.

But when it comes to specifics, the familiar, defensive positions take over.

Did you really think that you'd be okay without your defensive shield?

Initially, I felt comfortable to cling onto you as my defensive shield.

Yellow side, white side, yellow side, white side

That means side, side, side.

But power generates opposition, and Germany s alarmed neighbors began to form defensive alliances.

So when they try to give back, we shouldn't be on the defensive.

ECG by side angle side congruency, by side angel side congruency

We don't rigorously prove side side side

So, this is by side side side

A side a side and a side