Sentence examples for as bulwark from inspiring English sources

"The greatest Tudor historian, Geoffrey Elton, regarded Cromwell as the man who created a bureaucracy and parliamentary structure as bulwark against kingly incompetence".

1934 — Accused by Dean Hawkes of stuffing dormitory tenth-floor shower-drains with art materials and flooding ninth floor (not guilty)." And the power of the list as bulwark against chaos is poignantly suggested by a chart of sorts typed up by Grant Wood in January 1931.

Such skepticism often acted as bulwark for Voltaire's defense of liberty since he argued that no authority, no matter how sacred, should be immune to challenge by critical reason.

Philippine leaders want U.S. troops back as bulwark against China .

The relational aspect of image-making removed the lens as bulwark between image-maker and subject for Tim.

As Bulwark was outside the region, Finery's launch would require 14 days' notice, so in the event that a more immediate response was necessary, suitable forces were placed on 24 hours' notice to launch a smaller scale operation to protect British citizens.

These are used as bulwarks against doubters.

But he remains staunchly conservative in his understanding of the role of corporations as bulwarks againstgovernment.

Does he worry that his words echo Arab dictators who pose as bulwarks against Islamists?

Whether they will be sufficient to serve as bulwarks against abuse also remains to be seen.

The foundations also view themselves as bulwarks against the excesses of violence, financing only those groups that support nonviolent demonstrations.