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1 They therefore referred to all work on BW as being purely defensive .
2 NATO has said the possible deployment of the missiles was purely defensive .
3 NATO has so far stressed that its cyber strategy is purely defensive .
4 As for Japan, the Allied strategy in the Far East was purely defensive .
5 We'd be fighting a purely defensive battle if we stay here.
6 Henry divided his army into four divisions and adopted a purely defensive policy.
7 So crude a distribution would have meant a purely defensive attitude.
8 The cone was pointed by smaller towns unlikely to possess more than purely defensive armament.
9 The last expedition of Mohammad was that of Tabúk, and it was also purely defensive .
10 Its function, in this case, being purely defensive , it should act by its fire alone.
11 Inevitably, a spirit so purely defensive could not be animated by a primarily philosophical interest.
12 Now she could wage war only 'with impaired resources and on a purely defensive system.'
13 It would be misleading to concentrate only on the purely defensive aspects of Bonucci's game, however.
14 The Russian exercises have worried NATO despite Moscow's assurances troops would rehearse a purely defensive scenario.
15 It says the military infrastructure is purely defensive .
16 This is a purely defensive capability, Rood said.
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