Sentence examples for necessary to repel from inspiring English sources

Under international law, Israel is entitled to take whatever military action is necessary to repel that attack and stop the rockets.

"If there is a threat, real or perceived, soldiers are allowed to use whatever force is necessary to repel that threat," said Lt. Col. Daniel Williams, an Army spokesman.

The cost to the biggest companies of taking the steps necessary to repel an attack and deal with the damage caused by one can reach about £250,000, or $400,000.

News reports have suggested, for example, that the E.C.B. might set upper limits on borrowing costs for countries including Spain, committing to buy bonds in whatever quantity necessary to repel speculators.

Cavalry was necessary to repel such raids, but raising horses in landscapes where grass did not grow abundantly was very expensive since the grain came directly from stocks that would otherwise feed human beings.

Representative Abraham Lincoln in a letter to William H. Herndon stated: "Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose.

"In 1964, Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson the power to 'take all necessary measures' to repel attacks and prevent further aggression.

President Johnson was authorized to take "all necessary measures" to "repel any armed attack" from North Vietnam and "to prevent any further aggression".

Three days later, both houses of Congress passed a joint resolution authorising "the president, as commander-in-chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the US and to prevent further aggression".

Two days later, at Johnson's request, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression".

With near unanimity, legislators urged President Lyndon Johnson "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression" across the length and breadth of Southeast Asia.