Sentence examples for hostile subject from inspiring English sources

It was the Messenian factor above all that determined the peculiar development of Sparta, because it forced Spartans to adjust their institutions to deal with a permanently hostile subject population.

Or an inexperienced clinician may encounter a hostile subject and unconsciously adjust entry criteria such that she does not qualify, or over-emphasize risks in a way that leads her to decline enrollment.

The following year, when the mercenaries were recalled to stem the Almoravids, al-Qādir was left defenseless before his hostile subjects.

The Cook Medley Scale was used to select 24 high and 24 low hostile subjects, who received caffeine (400 mg) or a placebo (lactose) in a double-blind design.

In response, the US Army declared all Indians in lands beyond 75 mile east of the Colorado River (the great majority of traditional Yavapai territory) to be "hostile" and "subject to extermination".

The allegiances in Aleppo have been closely monitored by experts on Syrian politics because it has remained a source of support for President Bashar al-Assad during the 14-month-old uprising against him, even as other major cities, including Homs, Hama and Idlib, have become increasingly hostile and subjected to harsh military crackdowns.

The active and hostile border subjected Mamilla to Jordanian sniper and guerilla attacks, and even stones thrown by Arab Legionnaires from the Old City walls above.

And every book that has been written about Bellow by someone who was close to him is to some degree hostile toward its subject.

In a book called "The Lost Territories of the Republic" published last year, a group of French teachers said teaching of the Holocaust was impossible in some classes because students of Arab origin were so hostile toward the subject.

They suppressed political dissidence by shutting down hostile newspapers and subjecting all publications to preventive censorship.

Public companies like ITV can be subject to hostile takeovers".