Sentence examples for part in the defeat of from inspiring English sources

His most brilliant action was his part in the defeat of Mahmud Dramali's Ottoman army in August 1822.

In 1994, Iowa's redistricting process played a part in the defeat of the second-ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, Neil Smith, a 36-year veteran Democrat.

For its part in the defeat of Napoleon, Britain acquired valuable colonies, including Malta, the Cape of Good Hope, and Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

The Colombian military played an important part in the defeat of the Cali and Medellín cartels, yet it did not play a decisive role — the Colombian National Police did.

It has won support from Declan Ganley, a businessman who played a big part in the defeat of the first referendum on the Lisbon treaty in 2008, as well as from the UK Independence Party.

The crisis played a large part in the defeat of the former government in a general election in June and is rocking its successor, which has appeared to vacillate over the measures which need to be taken.

Due in part to his role in the defeat of Le Chiffre, Mr. Big and Hugo Drax, Bond has been listed as an enemy of the Soviet state and a "death warrant" has been issued for him.

On returning to Greece a few years later, her husband was blamed in part for the defeat of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War (1919 1922), and the family were once again forced into exile until the restoration of the Greek monarchy in 1935.

Although he was a Republican, he contributed in part to the defeat of James G. Blaine by Grover Cleveland in the election of 1884 through a biting "tattooed man" series published in Puck, in which Blaine was shown tattooed with his evil deeds.

The spending issue in part led to the defeat of the Republicans in the 1890 mid-term elections.

Detached to reinforce Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's fleet in 1798, she took part in the decisive defeat of a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile.