Sentence examples for greater acts from inspiring English sources

Special forces were sent in but, rather than calming the situation, the soldiers – spurred on to ever greater acts of brutality by their superiors – clubbed and bayonetted students, and fired live rounds into the crowds.

At one end, Ryan, the coach, urged everyone on to ever greater acts of cycling prowess to a banging house soundtrack, while at the other end, the barman patiently waited for everyone to stop exercising and start drinking.

If we had truly been able to do both, military and intelligence resources would not have been diverted from Afghanistan, and Osama bin Laden wouldn't be continuing to exhort his followers to greater acts of terror; he, like Saddam Hussein, would be in American hands.

Still, it was clear that the United States and China viewed the North Korean threat from different poles — the Americans convinced that it cannot be allowed to act with impunity; the Chinese fearful that a strong response would either cause the government to collapse or provoke it to even greater acts of violence.

The Muamba tweet was disgusting and offensive but not likely to create greater acts of criminality," he says.

It's telling that in Godzilla the military is useless, serving only to provoke the monster into greater acts of destruction.

There is no greater act of patriotism than that".

There is perhaps no greater act of denial in modern life than sticking a plug into an electric outlet.

Great acts and even better music.

We have some great acts coming through".

It doesn't need great acts of Parliament".