Sentence examples for could be rebels from inspiring English sources

Maybe, but Merton offers another option - they could be rebels.

However, in the past rebels have stripped United Nations captives of their weapons and uniforms and used them in battle, so there could be rebel bodies among them, Mr. Eckhard said.

Some, he noted dryly, could well be rebel agents.

Mr Jameel rejects the allegation the money could be for rebel groups: "If we were funnelling money across would we be as blatant as to liaise with the police beforehand, weeks and weeks beforehand?" The convoy members tell the police some of the money is for zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, which dictates that Muslims should donate 2.5% of their wealth to the poor and needy.

Some Syrian soldiers providing security were visibly dismayed to see men who could be their rebel adversaries apparently headed to freedom under U.N. patronage.

The government immediately dismissed the report, and said several loud blasts heard by soldiers in the area could have been rebels mishandling explosives.

Could consumers finally be rebelling against all those credit card charges, in-your-face cabin adverts and remote airports?

Roman forces were distant and scattered; and, before peace could be restored, the rebels had sacked Camulodunum, Verulamium (St. Albans), and London, the three chief centres of Romanized life in Britain.

The more orderly southern front could be crucial as rebel groups continue to encroach on Damascus.

The foul-mouthed narrator of Pardon My Freedom could be Mann and Weil's rebel all grown up, exasperated by George W Bush, and aggressive in his deployment of free speech.

Under the jurisdiction of the Thin White Duke, anyone old enough to snag their Sunday best while shinning up a tree could be declared a rebel, although for many of us the whim to sin came hand in hand with puberty.