Sentence examples for lesser general from inspiring English sources

A lesser general might have given up, but Washington had that wild tenacity of my borough.

Beyond even considering that the other side of the conflict has a history, too, 17 other nations (and four "insurgent nationalities") mobilised personnel to the "Triple Entente" of Britain, Russia and France, with no lesser general rate of slaughter.

Cappuccino is being provided as open source software under the lesser general public license.

Project Name: The Chemistry Development KitProject Home Page:http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdk/ (version CDK (development)) or http://github.com/cdk/cdk (version 1.5.4 onwards)Operating System: Platform IndependentProgramming Language: JavaRequirements: Java 1.6+License: Lesser General Public License 2.1.

In the words of historian Steven Runciman, "a lesser general might have cleared the Empire of the Saracens and successfully defended its borders; but [Kourkouas] did more.

Gotoba relented at this appeal from a man he greatly respected (the second time Shunzei had so interceded on Teika's behalf; the first time was in 1185 when Teika had lost his temper and struck a superior – the lesser general Masayuki – with a lamp).

As expected, the rich literature resource is dominated by studies of the volcanic activity of SHV and, to a lesser extent, general economic, social, emotional, health, cultural impacts of the eruptive phase on Montserratian people and society (Halcrow Group Limited and the Montserrat National Assessment Team 2012).

Together, these results suggest that VPA treatment gives rise to an increase in specific, and to a lesser extent general chromatin accessibility, and that our DHSS analysis identifies the chromatin regions that are more open and available.

In China, psychiatrists and, to a lesser extent, general physicians are the main professionals responsible for the identification of persons at high risk of suicide, but there has been no attempt to assess their willingness or ability to do this.

Additional contact points occur over the next five years, the timing of which varies considerably between jurisdictions, and is undertaken by CFH nursing services and to a lesser extent, general practitioners (GP) [ 11, 19].

For this study the population of HPSR producers in low and middle income countries outside Europe was approximated by focusing on the subset of HPSR institutions that contacted the Alliance between 1999 and 2001 seeking funding opportunities and, to a lesser extent, general information.