Sentence examples for absence of fighting from inspiring English sources

But experience tells us that genuine peace is more than the absence of fighting.

The government and the Maoists have agreed to a 22-point code of conduct intended to ensure an absence of fighting while the talks proceed.

(The same thing is largely true of European hockey, which Canadians used to insist was "dirtier" in the absence of fighting; there's no evidence that this is true).

The local people expressed surprise that if the United States was worried about an arms depot, it did not first come to check out the situation, especially considering the absence of fighting in the area.

In the last few days, Western negotiators, by all accounts, have been aggressively pushing both the Macedonian government and the rebels toward a cease-fire, on the theory that political progress can only be made in the absence of fighting.

Just as hockey fans saw February's Olympic tournament as unsurpassed for quality and as theater despite the absence of fighting — or perhaps, in part, because of it — so too do they look forward to the drama of the playoffs.

The military-industrial complex produced by the Cold War (which still consumes untold billions even though the weapons systems it builds are perfectly useless for the national-security threats the country now faces) was and is able to prosper in the absence of actual fighting.

In the absence of a draft, the burden of fighting falls on a tiny segment of the population.

Strong women counter the absence of men, many of whom have disappeared after generations of fighting.

While longer persistence in fights allows a better assessment of fighting abilities, it also increases fighting costs.

In the absence of abstinence, or of complete fidelity, condoms are the best way of fighting that spread.