Sentence examples for conscription in from inspiring English sources

But he opposed conscription in principle.

He continued plumbing, until conscription in October 1916.

It abolished conscription in 2008, four years after joining Nato.

National Service: Conscription in Britain 1945-1963 is published by Allen Lane (£25).

200,000 people protested against conscription in a demonstration in Trafalgar Square.

He agitated against conscription in 2009 and refused his call-up notice in 2010.

This is part of a military overhaul that began with the end of conscription in 2009.

Likewise, the majority of people arriving nearby in Italy are fleeing armed conflict in Somalia or conscription in Eritrea.

But critics said the so-called stop-loss program amounted to a form of conscription in disguise.

In 1943 he served time in jail for refusing military conscription in protest against the allied bombing of German cities.

The measure was bitterly opposed by the nationalists in Quebec, who argued that conscription in Britain's army would follow.