Sentence examples for past against a from inspiring English sources

Consider a war we fought in the past against a brutal enemy that tortured and killed prisoners, executed civilians, and engaged in a number of atrocities.

The hollowing of North Korea's armed forces, and the growing competence and confidence of South Korea's, mean that the South could defend itself much better than in the past against a conventional attack from the north.

Up ahead lies a truth of sorts and a revelation that throws the sins of the past against a more clamorous modern-day backdrop of sexual equality and divisive party politics.

Those (such as this newspaper) who have argued in the past against maintaining a huge, publicly-funded, state-owned corporation through a regressive tax (£104 a year, regardless of income) have often supported a subscription-based model instead.

The commission has voted in the past against issuing a subpoena for Ms. Rice, and panel members said today that they were unlikely to reconsider given the lengthy court challenge that might result.

The race, which pitted Mr. James, a hard-nosed survivor of urban America's tumultuous past, against Mr. Booker, a privileged child of the integrated suburbs, unexpectedly exposed racial and cultural rifts in an increasingly diverse but stubbornly divided city, the state's largest.

Samaras profited against Rangers in the past, but against a weaker central defence than McCoist can presently deploy.

The first act bobs and weaves between the reality in Lulu's jaundiced motel room and the distortions of her past set against a Westinghouse fridge.

Shortly before the shooting, Mr. Askew told federal agents that Mr. Davis was pressuring him to drop out of the race by threatening to expose a past assault against a boyfriend and offering him a job in exchange, a scenario Mr. Davis's supporters deny.

Feuds were semi-formalised disputes, often motivated by revenge for past actions against a member of kin.

She criticized his past votes against a Senate immigration reform measure — mentioning that it was authored by liberal icon Ted Kennedy — and several times for measures protecting gun sellers and makers from liability for shootings that involved their weapons.