The best defence that I can make is just the simple truth.

Our best defence is to follow tried and tested procedures.

He knew his best defence was to strike first, perhaps this very night if the opportunity offered.

And, like a good general, she discovered quickly enough that the best defence is attack.

Yeah, we are pleased with having the best defence in the league.

Yet food was one of the best defences against the cold.

His idea of the best defence consists in being still the attacking party.

Our best defence of those values, therefore, has to be primarily political.

And she had an intuition that her best defence would be attack.

The best defence against the unknown was to keep things to business.