It was evident that Germany could no longer mount a successful defence.
Heaven help us, it is a sorry place to mount a defence, but there is no time to search out a better one.
The former dictator's lawyers are expected to argue that he is too sick to mount a responsible and effective defence.
He mounted a successful defence and beat off the attack.
As the headline suggests, it will no longer be sufficient in the 1990s to mount a defence.
This led to many giving up without mounting a defence.
His family attempted to mount a defence of diminished responsibility, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
I wouldn't even expect them to mount a defence as they are obviously guilty.
We are worried because the accused do not have the right to mount a defence.
This creates the opportunity for plants which can mount a defence.