Sentence examples for if they seize from inspiring English sources

If they seize the opportunities that flow from E.U. membership, they may yet transform their country.

But, of all the Arab awakening states, they do have the best chance to start over — now — if they seize it.

WASHINGTON — President Obama has taken the lead in a Democratic offensive on Social Security, warning that Republicans will revive efforts to privatize what is perhaps the government's most popular program if they seize control of Congress in the November elections.

If they seize power, if these so-called European socialists take over the House and the Senate, and, God forbid, they get the White House again, our American freedoms could be lost and our country will be changed forever".

If they seize it, we will indeed have entered the new era Secretary Powell proclaimed, in which not only the cold war but the post-cold war era will finally be over.

Returning to London this week after three years as The Economist's South-East Asia correspondent, this writer departs as convinced as ever despite the superficial signs to the contrary that Asians are potentially just as capable as Scandinavians at running their affairs democratically if given a chance and, just as important, if they seize it.The main problem is too little democracy, not too much.

Republicans have suggested that they would try to get a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot if they seized the majority.

In the future, we cannot rule out that terrorist groups could gain the capability to strike us with nuclear weapons if they seized even temporary control of a state with an existing nuclear weapons establishment.

As for Mr. Bloomberg, he couldn't resist invoking one chapter of his life after another to tell the graduates that success can be theirs if only they seize it.

It was one of the rebels' main strategic objectives: if they could seize the town, they would eliminate a key government base on the border with South Sudan.

If they can seize their 14th straight victory at Continental Arena on Sunday against Boston, the Nets will clinch the Atlantic Division for the first time.