We could afford to reduce defence spending in peacetime without excessive risk.

在和平时期我们可以减少国防开支而并不引起风险增加。

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Not, however, without one key condition: more progress on European defence.

然而，一个主要的条件却是必不可少的，即要在欧洲的防御上获得更多的进展。

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Both prosecution and defence may object to up to seven jurors without giving any reasons.

起诉和辩护都可能遭到毫无理由的反对，这取决于七个陪审员。

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The right to a fair trial cannot exist without defence lawyers devoted to the business of defending.

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Mr Tappin, president of the Kent County Golf Union, is accused of conspiring to export defence articles without licence or approval and aiding and abetting the attempted export of defence articles without the required licence.

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But without a defence programme to help defer the cost, the programme constantly teetered on the brink of cancellation.

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