Sentence examples for distant campaigns from inspiring English sources

He often had no alternative but to grant considerable leeway to subordinate officers on distant campaigns.

Participants revised historical narratives and reinterpreted biblical prophecy; they reversed the outcomes of historic defeats and projected Amerindians into distant campaigns.

At the time, the threat seemed reasonably distant; campaigns were planned, and there was fair optimism that the organisers would reconsider.

Without assistance to Austria the war would be lost, but Marlborough knew that the Dutch would oppose a distant campaign; therefore he attacked on the Moselle River, deceiving both friend and foe, and he deceived them again by a feint against Alsace.

"He's tried to present a very clean, distant campaign that didn't cost the Russian people anything.

If we learned anything about Barack Obama during the now-distant campaign of 2008, it was that he was a man who valued stoicism and self-possession in himself and others.

It is only June but rarely has the pool draw for a distant European campaign caused so many ripples.

But Mr. Cuccinelli's buying and selling of Star Scientific shares raises questions about whether he and Mr. Williams were as distant as campaign aides insist.

And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), who leads the transition effort, has appeared more distant from the campaign in recent weeks, saying in one interview that he "can't control" Trump's actions as a candidate.

Were it to happen, his campaign would effectively be a bid to reshape the party, and he argued that there is a recent precedent for electoral success by a billionaire who starts a campaign distant from his party's precepts.

Mr. Gore addressed his vulnerabilities on guns and the environment today, and he received a hearty endorsement from the state's senior United States senator, Robert C. Byrd, who had previously stayed distant from the campaign.