Sentence examples for because they were fought from inspiring English sources

The system of pitched battle broke down because wars like the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War were fought over high ideals, and because they were fought by republics, not monarchies.

The fame of Thermopylae certainly lies in the doomed heroism of the Greeks in the face of overwhelming numbers; and Marathon and Salamis perhaps because they were both fought against the odds, and in dire strategic situations.

Now Abbas is quoting a Koranic verse which says" Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged.

"There were big fights over Bush's 1990 tax increase and civil rights legislation that split the White House because they were big fights in the Republican Party," he said.

In fact, in April the Army and Marines rushed dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers to Iraq because they were needed to fight the insurgency, which killed well over 100 American troops that month.

But millions of young men were prepared to risk their lives -- to not come back "till it's over over there" -- because they were called to fight for something our nation considered vital.

In the end England won because they were the better side, fought harder, were better prepared, understood reverse swing and just wanted it more.

Usually the police are killed in ambushes, not because they were sent out to fight, but because they have no armored vehicles, for instance".

The great majority of these men would never have heard of Lavenham and fought because they were forced to.

Previously, he said, zookeepers could wait years before realizing that a pair they were trying to mate fought because they were both males.

Because they were on those territories, they fought on the battlefield, they saw in those short six days what it is like to occupy a civilian society, and they understood the deep meaning of it.