Sentence examples for on a battle from inspiring English sources

"This means we can afford to take on a battle in any individual market.

Hanno now undertook to bring on a battle, in the expectation that Hannibal would fall upon the Romans in the rear, assailing them from the wall.

Scherman called her story on a battle in Alsace "one of the best examples of frontline reporting ever filed".

For many Israelis, the sight of their Government locked in yet another crisis -- moreover one centered not on national security but on a battle for tax money -- was clearly disheartening.

As a film that centres on a battle to the death between 24 teenagers until only one is left standing, you might think box-office smash The Hunger Games spells out its own warning to parents of young teenagers.

Some local musicians embark on a "Battle of the Gentle Bands".

So the vice-chairman embarked on a battle against his fate.

* A doctor looks back on a battle she joined straight out of medical school.

The piece centers on a battle against a cosmic evil set to a soundtrack from the French electropop duo Justice.

But the Pakistani Army, which is already overstretched by its posture toward India, and by battles against the Pakistani Taliban, Baloch nationalists, and armed gangs in Karachi, will be reluctant to take on a battle-hardened Afghan group, some of whose members it hopes to use as future agents of influence.

The best armed and trained of them all, the Iraqi military, surrendered northern Iraq – and all of its arsenals – in less than 48 hours in mid-June, which is the main reason Obama is scrambling to take on a battle-ready Isis now.