Sentence examples for not preemptive from inspiring English sources

The United States has denied giving Ethiopia the green light to invade Somalia but has steadfastly supported Ethiopia's right to self-defense, and Meles has characterized this war as defensive, not preemptive.

Etasks are performed in sequence according to the priority of etasks; hence, etasks are interruptible but not preemptive.

The scheduling of our problem is not preemptive, but the processing time of each task is one unit of time.

And it is a view that permeates the grandiose strategic pronouncements of the Bush administration and that has been put into service in justifying preventive (not preemptive) war.

One other distinction that is worth making in this connection is the distinction between a preemptive duty to obey and a duty that is not preemptive.

However, The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act only authorized support for local military groups, not preemptive assaults.

They aren't preemptive whispers in my head that have been nurtured or pleaded over for several months.

It is not a preemptive concession in some arcane negotiation.

The design of etasks does not allow preemptive, thus it is normal.

StealthLS shields the effect of foreign process on owner process and it does not allow preemptive transfers thus enhancing the performance.

Competing in a market where building a new category fast enough and well enough – with customers who will stay engaged with it and evangelize on its behalf – to put an intimidating (if not quite preemptive) distance between itself and competitors appearing in the rear view mirror may require a work force that feels part of something larger, and applies itself passionately to that larger mission.