| New defections, followed by bibulous celebrations in the Palais Royal, were reported daily. |
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| Most political defections have a story behind them, one of disappointed hopes or betrayal. |
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| Following a number of defections from other parties, Thai Rak Thai commanded an absolute majority in parliament. |
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| There will be mass defections, mass surrenders, insurrection. |
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| The members of Kirin Tor are now cautious about who is let into their organization in fear of more defections. |
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| We should take a look at what happened with these defections, from a numbers standpoint. |
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| One such injurious practice is that of buying or coercing defections from opposing parties. |
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| We need a different strategy including cutting financial and arms supply networks and promoting defections from the Lord's Resistance Army. |
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| Also, the scandalous defections in the rank of africa religious women as well as religious men. |
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| He had neglected his army to the point where there were mass desertions and even defections to Mongol ranks. |
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| The English residents were increasingly unhappy with the defections as the American army approached, so much so that on November 13 Montgomery entered Montreal without firing a single shot. |
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| To be sure, in the past twenty years, the Ministry of Intelligence has witnessed other crises as well, but the defections came at a bad moment, when the regime was passing through a period of acute paranoia. |
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| He feared that his dependence on Chinese officials left him vulnerable to future revolts and defections to the Song. |
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| Within the dismantling-or at least removal of the controlling strata-of the national services in East Europe, there have been some defections to the West. |
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| Although he won the 1873 election with a small majority, continuing defections of his backers to the Conservatives forced his resignation as premier. |
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| The present situation is the result of defections by four of those members, one of them the chairman of the committee on human rights and national minorities, who has become an independent but kept his chairmanship. |
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| The Mutambara formation has been weakened by defections from MPs and individuals who are disillusioned by their manifesto. |
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| As long as we have superiors with a missionary heart we shall never be frightened by the weaknesses, the defections, the internal conflicts or that small number who have already forgotten the mission. |
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| Even against a backdrop of ministerial resignations and backbench defections to Ukip, Osborne thinks he can trump that with the message that you can't trust Labour with the economy. |
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| The overarching reason for their defections seems to be how different life under Isis actually was, when compared to what they had been lead to believe. |
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| Client defections are accelerating at Andersen and experts say more cop-outs are likely. |
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| In particular, following the initial defections, the network becomes less attractive to the remaining subscribers because they have fewer correspondents accessible through the closed system. |
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| The North Koreans charge those organizations with engineering alleged North Korean defections to foreign embassies and others in China in a bid to discredit North Korea and portray it as near collapse. |
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| On the level of domestic politics, between shuffling of ministers, firings and defections, the immediate entourage of President Saakashvili has undergone profound changes. |
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| For the LRA, news of successful escapes by middleranking commanders might trigger waves of defections, a drop in fighter numbers and more discussion on the future of its struggle. |
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| Still, a fresh batch of Republican defections could be in the offing. |
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| This declaration resulted in a series of defections from the rebel movement, and the tide of the conflict swung in Henry's favour. |
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| The Highlanders resisted marching into England and there were some mutinies and defections, but they pressed on. |
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| Over the next ten years there would be further defections as MPs deserted to either the Liberal Nationals or Labour. |
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| At the same time there was increased intelligence and espionage activity, Eastern Bloc defections and diplomatic expulsions. |
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| The last of the defections was that of Kim Philby in January 1963, while Fleming was still writing the first draft of You Only Live Twice. |
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| The briefing between Bond and M is the first time in the twelve books that Fleming acknowledges the defections. |
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| He may also have expected some defections by English captains with Jacobite sympathies, though in this he was to be disappointed. |
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| As of January 2015, the Island Independents have lost four councillors through defections, and the Conservatives one. |
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| The Kenyan Ministry of Sports has tried to stop the defections, but they have continued anyway, with Bernard Lagat the latest, choosing to represent the United States. |
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| Most of these defections occur because of economic or financial factors. |
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| The extent of the defections and their effect on the war are unclear. |
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| Black contends that the conversation between M and Bond allows Fleming to discuss the decline of Britain, with the defections and the Profumo Affair of 1963 as a backdrop. |
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| Black points to the defections of four members of MI6 to the Soviet Union as having a major impact on how Britain was viewed in US intelligence circles. |
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| Defections from both Saleh's YAF and the Houthi camp began to increase in early August. |
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