Sentence examples for fought to secure a from inspiring English sources

The battle William Hague fought to secure a peerage for the Conservative billionaire bankroller has come to this.

That explains why Legendary Pictures, which also produced Christopher Nolan's Batman films, has fought to secure a film-maker with the potential to draw real magic from his fantasy source material.

Joseph De Laine, fought to secure a school bus for black children of Clarendon County, S.C. Students had to walk up to nine miles each way to their all-black school (above, the route).

Those who accept EU membership but would fight to secure a "no" vote, while accepting the verdict of the people.

The purchase comes as tech giants fight to secure a lead in mobile technology – the fastest-growing segment for customers and advertisers.

Analysts believe a still limping economy with tepid job growth will keep the president on the defensive as he fights to secure a second term.

We follow a company, really a platoon, of Marines as they fight to secure a fire base on the top of a large mountain they've nicknamed Matterhorn; as they abandon the high ground and trudge through the jungle in a death march to nowhere; and as they fight their way back up to Matterhorn which by then was reoccupied by the North Vietnamese Army NVAArmy NVA

After 1898, a 3-year-war had to be fought to secure the Philippines from the Filipinos.

He was an early exponent of environmentalism and fought to secure cabinet rank for the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Western front was only fought to secure his rear while he invaded the Soviet Union.

Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the House Democratic leadership, said many people feared that the case could undo many of the advances Mrs. Parks fought to secure.