Sentence examples for offensive role in from inspiring English sources

In late December, Mattis offered more details at another briefing, saying that America was moving from a purely offensive role in Syria to a "stabilizing" one.

McDonagh said he had not spoken with the Rangers' new coach, Alain Vigneault, but was looking forward to playing more of an offensive role in Vigneault's system.

They played no further offensive role in the battle and were eventually removed from the line on 22 October as the Canadians took over from them.

Still in need of a goal, Flintridge Sacred Heart, which is tied for the No. 9 ranking in CIF Southern Section Division I, launched into an all-out attack in the final minutes of the second half and moved Mills, who started at center back, up to forward with midfielder Sarah Teegarden also assuming a largely offensive role in the contest.

We examined the relative sperm competitiveness of males from the monogamous and polygamous lines by including the proportion of offspring sired by a male when mating in the offensive role of sperm competition (P2) in a nested ANOVA.

This was the first time US troops were employed in an offensive role".

If you were surprised that Allen did not have more production as a receiver this year, then this change in his offensive role should be sufficient explanation.

King Gyanendra, a wealthy businessman before the massacre, dogged by questions about the integrity of some of his dealings and accused by some of black market activities, is thought by many Nepalese to be more susceptible to deploying the army in an offensive role against the rebels.

Hiring a third party to attack in an offensive role is risky, since most corporate executives are naive about the complexity of the cyber criminal's tool sets," he added.

In September 1943, Tirpitz, along with the battleship, bombarded Allied positions on Spitzbergen, the only time the ship used her main battery in an offensive role.

Almost as soon as they landed it was decided that they could not be employed in an offensive role and would instead be used to cover the withdrawal route towards the south.