I'm not being defensive.

The early Roman army was tactically limited and its stance during this period was essentially defensive.

We believe that land mines can be a legitimate defensive weapon, and they are not yet replaceable.

The Anti Secession Law is a domestic law of China and a defensive measure for safeguarding State sovereignty and territorial integrity and for bringing about the prospect of peaceful reunification.

The decrease in the number of such checkpoints was a direct consequence of the construction of the Wall something that Israel did not want, but which constituted a barrier against terror.

On the contrary. As we approach the point where we shall for ever consign apartheid to the dustbin of history, it is precisely at this point that those who are opposed to democratic transformations are making a last ditch stand.

Their bodies probably reacted defensively, adapting in the short term by changing the genes for the next few generations, or until the danger had passed, a so called soft inheritance running in parallel to slower acting evolutionary forces.

24. The move towards greater regional and subregional cooperation in Asia and the Pacific is not in any manner a defensive response to efforts at regional integration elsewhere in the world, although it may occasionally appear to be so.