They chose this excessive display of force".
It was a thorough, brutal display of force.
If a softly-softly approach failed, a display of force could be the next option.
We don't know why they did this, maybe just as a display of force.
A big display of force can make a suspect think twice about pulling a gun.
Party officials are depicting the events as up-from-the-ground display of force, not as political maneuvering.
Huge tanks, interspersed with armoured personnel carriers and rocket launchers, rumbled past in a seemingly never-ending display of force.
The American display of force was among the most deadly for Iraqi fighters since the occupation began.
Even after Camby's display of force, victory came only after Tim Hardaway missed two 3-pointers in the final six seconds.
The raid is a methodical, room-by-room exercise in deadly aggression that is without parallel as a display of force in recent movies.
Columns of M1A1 Abrams tanks and M2 Bradley transports rumbled through the night in a display of force intended to reassert control of this unruly city.
