Sentence examples for effect fighting from inspiring English sources
After all, Labour is in effect fighting three different elections in one: Westminster this May, plus the London mayoral and Scottish parliament elections next May.
The two views were rarely in sync — in effect, fighting over the steering wheel that controlled G.M.'s direction — and the internal battles distracted G.M. from spotting shifts in the marketplace.
US commanders, among them General David Petraeus, who was commanding general in Iraq throughout the worst of the sectarian violence and the troop surge, are adamant that US forces were in effect fighting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard when they took on Shia militias throughout 2007.
Although a ceasefire between Ukraine and the pro-Russian separatists is supposedly under effect, fighting still continues, with Nato's supreme commander noting the ceasefire existed "in name only".
Well-meant actions often have unintended effects: fighting can create more insurgents than it kills; foreigners are blamed for attacks that hurt Afghan civilians; and schemes to win people over can deepen antagonism.Take digging a well.
"It is inconceivable that a man with a demonstrated incompetence in managing the small staff of the White House should have any credibility when it comes to making sound personnel decisions that will effect a fighting force of more than 1.8 million men and women".
And until the entire security force was signed up, the system could have little effect on fighting corruption and centralizing payment and, with it, control.
A nominal ceasefire signed in September, mediated by Russia and agreed upon by the Ukrainian government and rebels, has had virtually no effect on fighting.
The unit became known as "The Lightning Brigade," and it would have a transformative effect on fighting in the Western theater.
"It's politically obscene to have Congress tell the District of Columbia that it can't use local funds for something like needle exchange programs, which have been proven to have a major effect on fighting a deadly disease".
On September 29th a series of explosions shook Erbil, the Iraqi Kurds' capital.The civil war in neighbouring Syria is now having a similar effect, with fighting in the country's north-east pitting Kurds against Islamist radicals.
