Sentence examples for frequent wars from inspiring English sources

In the era of austerity and Isis, it seems likely that Britain will continue both to fight frequent wars and to inadequately fund its armed forces.

In that period there were frequent wars with the Portuguese at Malacca (now Melaka), and the Portuguese fleet was defeated at Bintan in 1614.

They evolved into statehood through frequent wars of expansion, centralized military systems were organized, and training institutions (kyŏngdang in Koguryŏ, hwarangdo in Silla) were developed.

First of all, there are the frequent "wars" on different diseases that are declared by politicians (alluded to in a previous article), but more importantly I think it is our instinctive psychological need to "eradicate" disease when it occurs.

The IDF's experience of fighting frequent wars has meant that IAI has a demanding primary customer that is always trying to keep several moves ahead of its potential foes.

Overshadowed by the terrible legacy of anti-Semitism and bruised by its frequent wars, the country now faces, Israel's politicians proclaim, the danger of annihilation by Iranian nuclear bombs.

After the collapse of the western Roman Empire in the 5th century ce, Europe suffered from frequent warring for nearly 500 years.

The heavy taxes required to pay for the king's wars were an additional hindrance to economic growth, and frequent warring kept France from gaining a larger share of the lucrative overseas trade that was enriching its rivals, England and the Netherlands.

The organisers carefully steered clear of politics, focusing on house and food prices, the cost of education and corruption in the economy.But to many Israelis no phenomenon seems more socially unjust, in a country faced by frequent war and constant low-grade conflict, than a sector of society dodging the draft while the state looks on indifferently.

In the past, semi-frequent wars and skirmishes with its neighbors have kept many would-be tourists at bay, and as recently as last summer a short conflict with the Hamas-led government in Gaza on its southwestern border ensured a recent flood of sensational news headlines in the States and Europe that left Israel's tourism industry decimated.

(As the name suggests, the Warring States era was marked by frequent, catastrophic wars).