Sentence examples for league force from inspiring English sources

In 1961 he coordinated the creation of a league force to protect the newly independent Kuwait from Iraqi invasion.

Remember Ovechkin's 'threat' to stay in Russia should the league force too drastic a decrease in his salary?

He quickly established the club as a Premier League force, leading them into Europe for the first time as they finished runners-up in the 2004 Carling Cup.

The Bolton Wanderers manager, Owen Coyle, remains confident he will get the strikers he feels the side need to be a Premier League force before the transfer window closes at the end of the month.

It is easy to deduce that although Stoke are now an established Premier League force, they are not viewed as a club where forwards can enhance their careers – at least not forwards of the calibre they seek.

Yet Hull rivals, and probably surpasses, Leeds as the British city where league means the most and, although the resurgence of Rovers to provide a second Super League force in the East Riding for the past seven seasons has diluted FC's financial clout, winning a single trophy – that memorable triumph against Leeds at the Millennium Stadium – in more than two decades is a damning statistic.

Sochaux, third in their league, forced Given into three big saves as they glided forward.

A tiny budget – the third smallest in the league – forced the Oakland Athletics to become revolutionaries.

The following year Ferdinand dismissed Wallenstein, and Tilly assumed command of the imperial as well as the league forces.

Enter the hard-and-fast N.B.A. Shooting down the deal, the league forced the matter to be heard by the arbitrator Kenneth Dam.

At the moment of partition the number of Jews had risen to some 35 percent of the total population of Palestine, and they were faced with Arab League forces totaling 40,000 men.