Sentence examples for considerable battle from inspiring English sources

The result leaves them, once again, facing a considerable battle to make it through their group.

Mr. Pastrana's comments laid down the lines of what may yet be a considerable battle with Congressional Democrats over the terms of $1.3 billion in assistance that the Clinton administration wants to provide over the next two years.

Ministers now face a considerable battle to get the proposal through the House of Lords, where the Tories and the Liberal Democrats have a majority over Labour and where senior legal figures, including the former lord chancellors Lord Falconer and Lord Irvine and the former attorney general Lord Goldsmith, are expected to lead the opposition to the bill.

Some of the officers and men who pass through the O.D. & R. U. are going to be discharged for one reason or another, but most of them are soldiers with considerable battle experience who, after furloughs, are to be reassigned to new military chores, at least temporarily in this country.

It is true that the Lords put up a considerable battle against changes to the age of consent and other measures - and in January 2010, the (Labour) government was defeated on an amendment to the Equalities Bill that would have forced religious bodies to, for example, employ gay people.

(In all fairness, he does show considerable battle bravado in a war of words).

On welfare he said: "We fought our corner for people on lower incomes and won considerable battles".

He saw considerable combat, including the Battle of the Bulge.

Virtually every great entrepreneur has failed numerous times before they succeeded, or had to battle against considerable odds, like Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba.

Coming into the game, Hughes could have been considered a considerable underdog in his battle with Nova, who is scheduled to pitch here Thursday.

The Merrimac suffered considerable damage during the battle; its ram was broken off, its iron plates loosened and two cannons destroyed.