Sentence examples for a base against from inspiring English sources

The Thespians, aroused by Theban intervention and enmity, served Sparta as a base against Thebes from 379 to 372.

The stadium used to be the pearl of Lebanese soccer but has fallen into disrepair after the army seized it to use as a base against the restive Palestinian refugee camps in the north of the country.

A1 Critical Point for Turkey Deal Turkish leaders ruled out a deal to allow American combat troops to use their country as a base against Iraq without agreement first on a multibillion dollar economic aid package.

Five players stole a base against the Yankees' backup catcher, Wil Nieves, including a few unusual suspects — the 42-year-old Bonds, the 40-year-old Omar Vizquel, and the 36-year-old Klesko.

In addition to the strategic dimension of the treaty, Russia and China formally agreed to reduce further military forces in border regions, fight terrorism and drug trafficking, work to resolve the final disputes along their 2,550 miles of border and prevent "groups" or third countries from using the territory of one country as a base against the other.

As previously discussed, OSCAR3 required that input documents be converted into SciXML before processing can occur, using the document formatting as a base against which annotations for identified named entities can be referenced-whether as inline or standoff annotations.

The Cyclones, meanwhile, could not manage so much as a base hit against the Ironbirds.

When a team goes six or seven innings without a base runner against a lousy pitcher, maybe it's time for someone to crowd the plate and take a pitch off the arm for the team.

Either to protect a base metal against corrosion or erosion, or to minimise wear.

The MNL model was run taking "no adaptation" as a base category against other groups to be compared with.

The MNL model was run taking "disposal at the refuse dump" as a base category against other groups to be compared.