Sentence examples for encroachment and a from inspiring English sources

Once appointed archbishop, he became a militant defender of the church against royal encroachment and a champion of the papal ideology of ecclesiastical supremacy over the lay world.

We found that an increase in shrub encroachment and a decrease in habitat quality caused by land use mismanagement and climate change endangered all simulated bird functional types.

At a time of economic volatility, Russian encroachment and a rising international terror threat, we must recognise the US as a key player and stakeholder in reforming and strengthening Europe.

Given the controversy over the $787 billion stimulus bill in February, concerns about government encroachment and a looming election year, it's unlikely that that administration has the political capital to ask Congress for a second stimulus.

Climate change (i.e. warmer winter climate), changes in land use (i.e. bush encroachment) and an increase in the deer population are factors expected to increase the populations of ticks.

The global trend towards increased woody cover (Wigley et al. 2010) may also provide a renewed role for fire in controlling bush encroachment and maintaining a rangeland suitable for cattle and other grazing livestock.

It emerged from a series of internal religious struggles, accompanied by Habsburg intervention, as a power of international importance, a defender of Hungarian liberties against Habsburg encroachments, and a bulwark of Protestantism in eastern Europe.

The first to miss was Laudrup, with the score 2-2, but Courtney booked the Spanish goalkeeper Luis Arconada for encroachment and ordered a retake.

Fire is a traditional tool for prevention of bush encroachment and obtaining an early flush of grass growth (McGahey et al. 2008; Turner 1967).

The commission decided that Western Shoshone land had been taken by the United States on July 1 , 1872 through "gradual encroachment," and offered an award of 15 cents per acre for 24 million acres.

Williamson scored but the referee, Marija Kurtes, disallowed it for encroachment and awarded Norway a free-kick.