ADEQUATE DEFENCE collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of adequate and defence
adequate
adjective
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/ˈæd.ə.kwət/us
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/ˈæd.ə.kwət/
enough or satisfactory for a ...
defence
noun
uk
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/dɪˈfens/us
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/dɪˈfens/
the act of protecting someone or something against attack or ...
Examples of adequate defence
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However, it would seem that an adequate defence of purpose theory must address it.
They are for adequate defence.
Is this not an adequate defence?
He mentions the words "adequate defence".
That is not an adequate defence.
A photograph is not an adequate defence.
It is not an adequate defence.
The cost now prevents any nation providing adequate defence independently.
It has also shown us the need for adequate defence.
I know that that is not always an adequate defence.
No one is denying that we need adequate defence expenditure.
What does he imagine constitutes adequate defence in modern terms?
However, that is not an adequate defence of the position.
The excuse is that we cannot afford an adequate defence.
If we want adequate defence, we must pay for it.
He argued for what was called an adequate defence.
Has he been provided with an adequate defence?
It is essential that we have an adequate defence.
It is not a case of not being able to afford adequate defence, it is a case of not wishing to afford adequate defence.
Either have adequate defence, and be prepared to make the sacrifices for an adequate defence, or, better still, have no defence at all.
That freedom, in my view, can be maintained only with adequate defence.
I should look to him for an adequate defence against raids.
It was fully appreciated that a healthy civilian economy is a necessary basis for adequate defence.
Against that threat, it is proper that we make adequate defence provision.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.