Sentence examples for combative action from inspiring English sources

The combative action and lively pace of saber -- in which the target is the body above the hips, including arms and head -- attracted Ms. Mustilli when she began entering national competitions.

In the paper, an IDF Commander, now one of the most powerful generals in the army, appeals to the Chief Military Attorney to quash an open inquiry in the deaths of five children saying the exposure of soldiers to the legal system would damage troop morale and 'completely paralyse the IDF's abilities to take combative action'.

While officials at the Treasury and Federal Reserve have often talked about shaking up management at troubled banks, the most combative action is coming from the Republican chairwoman of the F.D.I.C. Sheila C. Bair, appointed by President George W. Bush, has been butting heads with Citigroup executives as well as with her counterparts at almost every other federal bank regulatory agency.

Although deaths at raves were already a yearly occurrence in the LA area, Sasha's age set off a firestorm in the media, galvanizing the County government into combative action.

The Spanish government has set a standard of provocative and highly combative strike-busting action through previous disputes.

Debt collectors say they are being forced into the action by combative debtors who dodge attempts to settle.

Although Íñigo's narration occasionally recapitulates earlier plots (and flashes forward to the time when he is much older, remembering these glory days), the present book's action is ferociously combative.

He noted specifically that women appeared in command positions more regularly as main and supporting characters, and were portrayed as more assertive and combative, with leading roles in action sequences.

Some Republicans see the president's actions as unnecessarily combative.

One commenter, however, stood out for his combative endorsement of Rankin's actions during the April 2011 encounter with Kirill Denyakin, a 26-year-old Kazakhstani cook.

An autobiography whose author rose from Blackpool to Oxford to Rutgers, showing what it is like to be a philosopher in action: tough, determined, amusing, combative and clever, as well as engaged in an important and difficult task.