Sentence examples for long-term siege from inspiring English sources
There are hundreds of thousands of people in Syria trapped under long-term siege, according to UN figures.
Both argue that the economic trends buffeting public higher education will continue with state budgets under a long-term siege and other expenses — elementary and secondary education, health care, prisons — deemed more critical and less discretionary.
This is a long-term siege.
When Delacroix painted his epic landscape portrait of suffering humanity, Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi, he was commemorating a real event of recent history, the exodus of April 22 1826 when 7,000 starving citizens of Missolonghi attempted to break out of the city, then under long-term Turkish siege.
But the victims are simply seeking compensation for what they say are the long-term effects that resulted from the siege -- something that is known here as "moral suffering".
More broadly, Hamas has for years communicated to Israel its desire for a long-term, reciprocal ceasefire that provides an end to the illegal siege.
Instead, Uruguay have adopted a siege mentality that ultimately does their player – violent, deceitful, unapologetic – no long-term good.
By John Varoli BESLAN, Russian Federation, 3 March 2005 – When the Beslan school siege took place in September 2004, UNICEF recognized that former hostages and members of the affected community would need long-term psychological and emotional support.
Short-term frustration for long-term gain".
Style, short-term shaping, long-term architecture.
