Sentence examples for event of hostilities from inspiring English sources

In the event of hostilities, Taiwan's real worry should be a "leaky blockade" by China.

But the United States government has said it may come to Taiwan's defense in the event of hostilities with China.

The Austrians in the meantime secured a promise of French neutrality in the event of hostilities and tried to win the adherence of the secondary states in the impending struggle.

The French commanding general, Latrille de Lorencez, concocted a flimsy pretext for breaking a bilateral treaty requiring the French to return to Veracruz in the event of hostilities, and instead led his troops west toward the capital.

Mr. Fulghum of Aviation Week said cruise missiles were the most likely way that high-power microwave or ultra-wideband weapons would be delivered in the event of hostilities in Iraq.

More broadly, Mr. Mohammed's capture came at a critical juncture in the campaign against terrorism when fears of a catastrophic attack remained very high, racheted up by the possibility of war with Iraq even as the country's alert level was lowered -- a decision that seemed to be made to allow the government to increase the threat level again in the event of hostilities.

The regrettable spat that has erupted between our Prime Minister and the French President prompts some in the Tory ranks to excitably predict that their man would come out on top in the event of historic hostilities ever having to get physical again.

In the event of armed hostilities between Poland and Lithuania, German troops were to defend and occupy the Klaipėda region and significant portions of western Lithuania.

To illustrate the effect of hostility factor on glucose change, we calculated the mean increase in fasting glucose of participants in each quartile of the overall hostility factor.

The offer included a clause that gave Berkshire an out in the event of "war or armed hostilities" that involved the U.S. even indirectly.

The Republican governor said May was the right month for such an event because it marked the end of hostilities in Europe.