Sentence examples for direct battle from inspiring English sources
Suddenly, the most instantly recognisable, and recently newsworthy, players in the Ryder Cup had been pitched into direct battle.
"We know that every direct battle with a promotion rival will be a Champions League final," said Di Canio afterwards.
That made relegation a direct battle between opponents De Graafschap and FC Volendam, with the former needing only a draw and the latter a win.
As a consequence, Judenrat leaders and Jewish police were often the first to be assassinated by the Jewish resistance, even before direct battle with the Germans.
With the Iowa caucuses only six days away, Mr. Paul and Mr. Romney declined to engage in a direct battle with each other as they dashed across different parts of the state.
"What's the amount of time that our soldiers are in direct battle and combat?" John H. Mollenkopf, the director of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, said he agreed with Mr. Shaw's contention that the firefighter culture -- from work habits to firehouse locations -- is woefully, even willfully, inefficient.
The Taliban tactics seemed aimed at creating as wide an impact as possible without engaging in direct battles with the Afghan security forces.
He came to realize that when a small band faced more powerful conventional forces, its strength lay in avoiding direct battles and instead conducting stealthy raids.
Maybe they are not direct battles for a wealthy, western, white gay man, but the principle of solidarity on which this flimsy construct called the LGBT+ community is founded seem to me to be "healthy and authentic".
Although there have been no direct battles between the Zapatistas and the army for a few years, tensions here often erupt into violence between rebel sympathizers and paramilitary groups that human rights groups say have ties to the government.
And though there have been no direct battles either, tensions often erupt into violence between rebel sympathizers and paramilitary groups that human rights groups say have ties to the government.
