"Maybe it's just one of those Greek tragic inevitabilities that two men fighting against such strong hostile forces, as they were, are bound to find a point on which they irretrievably disagree".
After camping there for the night, they fought strong hostile forces between Bayud and Mageibra the following day, but could make no impression.
During the time I was Prime Minister, I lived under the shadow of a strong military, a hostile President, an entire constituency that Zia had built: extreme right-wingers, religious bigots, and politicians bred during that era of military dictatorship.
In the days to come, he promises a strong cast of mostly hostile witnesses — police officers, child welfare officials and the like — who he says will paint a pattern of sloppy investigative work.
Worse yet, opium grows best in the southern provinces populated by Pashtuns, a people traditionally hostile to a strong central government and any foreign troop presence.
On the other, he has a strong anarchist streak and is deeply hostile to the Christian pastoral fantasy tradition of JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis.
When our democratic allies are menaced by larger, hostile powers, there is a strong argument to be made for supporting them.
Indeed, with its parent, Mannesmann, likely to shed its nontelecom businesses (whether or not Vodafone succeeds with its hostile bid), a Continental-Mannesmann Sachs deal is a strong possibility.
"You have some extraordinarily hospitable people here, but there's still a strong segment of the population that's still very hostile".
Again, although your intent while executing this contact is to take a strong position and demand payment, it doesn't mean you should be hostile.
