Sentence examples for and requisitioned from inspiring English sources

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A prosperous life and a construction company that built, among other things, bunkers for Qaddafi, had been stripped and requisitioned when he had involved himself in opposition politics.

The glum guy… The pale boy with unfortunate Prince Valiant bangs and cublike mannerisms hulked to the mudroom closet and requisitioned Dad's white coat.

To win over his adherents, the Convention took action against monopolists and hoarders and requisitioned food supplies for the populace of Paris (July August 1793).

By George Saunders The pale boy with unfortunate Prince Valiant bangs and cublike mannerisms hulked to the mudroom closet and requisitioned Dad's white coat.

The soldier had walked to the next farm and requisitioned their horse and taken off in the general direction he thought his platoon had gone.

But the first world war intervened and, requisitioned by the British navy, the Britannic instead began ferrying the wounded from the Gallipoli campaign and other fronts in the Middle East.

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It has come to be recognized that the peacetime powers of expropriation grant adequate authority to seize and requisition property under the territorial jurisdiction of a belligerent state without having recourse to the right of angary.

Hindman set to work and issued a series of harsh military edicts, instituting conscription, authorizing guerrilla warfare and requisitioning supplies for the defense of the State.

The King worked his way through a large number of treasurers and other financial officials, few of whom stayed long, raising revenues through often unpopular taxes, and requisitioning goods using his right of prise.

By 2 October, all military leave had been cancelled, and urgent preparations were under way to send a large expeditionary force to the Cape, with horses and supplies being requisitioned and mobilised.

An impi consistently covered 50 miles (80 km) a day, living off grain and cattle requisitioned from the kraals it passed and accompanied by boys who carried the warriors' sleeping mats and cooking pots.

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