Sentence examples for favourable terrain from inspiring English sources

Hence a more favourable terrain in such as Barnet, Harrow and Redbridge.

Mr Rouhani urged France and other European countries to take advantage of this "favourable terrain".

If the British can shift the debate away from the vexed question of the rebate, they could find themselves on more favourable terrain.

Thanks to a combination of battle-smoke and favourable terrain, his redeployment went unnoticed by Villeroi who made no attempt to transfer any of his own 50 unused squadrons.

It was not Edward's initial intention to engage the French army, but at Crécy, just north of the Somme, he found favourable terrain and decided to fight an army led by Philip VI.

The urban expansion over the last century in Lisbon has created a lot of pressure in the suburbs leading to construction taking place in less favourable terrains.

"Republicans have many more opportunities to pick up seats in favourable political terrain as Democratic members leave the House," wrote conservative Wall Street Journal reporter John Fund a few months after the election.

Edward Snowden's revelations about bulk surveillance feature less in elite Washington discussions than do apocalyptic official warnings about threats from Islamic State (Isis) militants or other terrorist groups, political terrain favourable to the NSA.

In June 1777, Howe began a series of odd moves in New Jersey, apparently in an attempt to draw Washington and his army out of that position onto terrain more favourable for a general engagement.

The province's economy is essentially agricultural, even though the mountainous terrain is not favourable to extensive cultivation.

Kusunoki suggested that they temporarily retreat so that they could fight Takauji's forces at a point where the terrain was more favourable.