Sentence examples for be able to overthrow from inspiring English sources

Should the courts be able to overthrow legislation, as in Canada, or not, as in New Zealand?

The security officials who might be able to overthrow him now see their fates intertwined with his.

With these forces he was able to overthrow the Sullan governor of Farther Spain, Quintus Metellus Pius.

We learn that 'under [Castro's] leadership, his little country has even stared down the United States, whose leaders have not been able to overthrow him or kill him, or even jostle the revolution off its path'.

But even if they were acting on principle, they were blind to the truth that the reign of the Roman nobility was broken beyond recall and that even Caesar might not have been able to overthrow the ancien régime if its destruction had not been long overdue.

In the end, the United States was able to overthrow the Bolivian revolution without having to overthrow the government.

Hamas would not have been able to overthrow the PA, which was in control of Gaza at the time, and seize control of the Strip.

Despite near-Herculean efforts, Libyan rebels have not yet been able to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi's long-standing dictatorship, even with international intervention.

In his speech, Vice President Dick Cheney said, "The terrorists believe that by controlling an entire country, they will be able to target and overthrow other governments in the region, and to establish a radical Islamic empire".

The military got into the habit of overthrowing democracies, in the early 1960s, partly in order to be able to prosecute the insurgencies without interference.

Sometimes, however, you won't be able to — maybe the cornerback's arm will be grabbing yours, or maybe the ball will be overthrown.