Sentence examples for combat results from inspiring English sources

In December 1944, No. 81 Wing's new commander, Group Captain Wilfred Arthur, produced a "balance sheet" to demonstrate that the formation's combat results were not worth the cost in ordnance and casualties, setting in train events that would culminate in the so-called "Morotai Mutiny" the following year.

Nearly 100 years ago, the city laid down miles of rail track in a short period of time because government officials were faced with the urgent need to solve population-congestion problems and to combat resulting disease.

The fighting lasted for two days before the North Vietnamese broke it off; the combat resulted in the deaths of 776 North Vietnamese, 114 South Vietnamese, and two Americans.

Population increases in the size of armaments as a result of increasing nutrient availability may lead to increases in the frequency of male male combat resulting from increased uncertainty over male dominance.

He added: "The government has recently made significant additional funds available to help combat the results of the relentless rainfall this winter but money spent on repairing damage never goes as far as money invested in planned, preventative maintenance.

Some decisions must be made before an invisible timer runs out; in combat, hesitation results in injury or death.

Fratricide is the term commonly used by the military to describe a combat death resulting from "friendly fire".

To be sure, accusations of malingering and an evolving understanding of these psychological reactions to combat probably resulted in a degree of underreporting.

Most said a steady run of airstrikes had prevented the Taliban from massing, and that the end of "combat operations" – resulting in a lull in airstrikes – had given the militants opportunity to retake cities and regroup.

The psychiatrist Jonathan Shay, in his 1994 book, "Achilles in Vietnam," likens the Greek hero of the Trojan War to American soldiers in Vietnam whose combat experiences resulted in what he calls the "undoing of character".

Efforts of Ben Lewis, mayor of Riverside in the early 70's, to combat smog resulted in his city's gaining a reputation as "The Smog Capital of the World".