Sentence examples for favour the overthrow of from inspiring English sources

Although Egmond did not favour the overthrow of Spanish sovereignty, he became one of the first and most illustrious victims of the duke of Alba's repressive regime (1567 73).

Russia denies Western accusations of direct military involvement in east Ukraine and accuses the West of orchestrating protests in Kiev that led to the overthrow of a Ukrainian president favoured by Moscow in February last year.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 saw the overthrow of the Roman Catholic, James II of England, in favour of the Protestant, William III of Orange.

Thus did Cheney and his lads and lasses indulge their sadism by proxy – to the very state whose "interrogation techniques" now outrage the West so much that it is calling for the overthrow of the Syrian regime (along with the overthrow of Isis and Jabhat al-Nusra), in favour of newly armed "moderates" who will, presumably, engage only in EIT rather than in AIT.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 89 saw the overthrow of the King James VII of Scotland and II of England by the English Parliament in favour of William and Mary.

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Following the overthrow of Marxist Pres.

It favoured political compromises where necessary, as in the matter of the nature of Swedish participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATOO) military efforts to protect the rebels engaged in the overthrow of Muammar al-Qaddafi in Libya.

The overthrow of the Afghan government?

Millions were demanding the overthrow of Mubarak.

It went beyond the overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych, the kleptocrat president.