Sentence examples for are armed for from inspiring English sources

Many Afghan civilians are armed for protection.

He added that Rio+20 could be a catalyst for action: "People are armed for real action.

Police officers in the town are armed for this year's invasion with alcometers – devices that youngsters will be asked to blow into if it's suspected they've been drinking.

The group was armed for self-defense, he said.

And he praised protection officers, who were armed, for their "restraint".

But he added, "We need to be armed for all eventualities".

Rival bid-ers--Bell Atlantic, Tele-Communications, Inc., U S West, Bell South--were said to be armed for battle.

In a letter released by the White House, the president said 90 personnel had already been deployed, and would be armed for self-defense.

Laura Heron, a tourist from Manchester, England, was armed for the chill in the air, wearing thermal lined boots and a jaunty red hat and scarf.

Nigeria was armed for the war with highly sophisticated equipment by the British, who wanted, as did nearly everyone else at the time, a strong and unified Nigeria.

Abraham Lincoln, advocating that former slaves be armed for the North and that the war be made a direct confrontation against slavery.