Sentence examples for possible allies from inspiring English sources

From 1862 to 1866 he conducted a remarkably deft foreign policy that succeeded in isolating Austria from possible allies in Europe.

Finally, the emperor, apparently seeking the favour of the Sikhs as possible allies against the Indian states still defying Mughal rule, relented and set the Guru free.

Though no landslide, such a tally would virtually ensure that Mr Netanyahu would form the next government.He would be able, moreover, to pick and choose from a range of possible allies.

Possible allies could include To Potami, whose leader said he was willing to talk, or the populist Independent Greeks, who agree with Syriza that austerity has to end, but disagree on almost everything else.

But President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has put himself into a difficult position, and deprived himself of possible allies, by treating all Islamist groups inside Egypt and in neighbouring states, especially the followers of the Muslim Brotherhood government, which he supplanted, as if they were all equally extreme.

Even with all the madness and the terrifyingly high stakes, I take some comfort in knowing there is a shared struggle-and possible allies.

Nationalists see him as a possible ally.

Her unprettiness is no longer a possible ally in her search for wisdom (prettiness is distracting) but something alarming to be suppressed.

His gamble against Juncker gained another possible ally on Sunday, as the Italian prime minister, Matteo Renzi, described him as "one name … but not the name for the commission".

STEPHEN LANDRIGAN, West Roxbury, Mass., posted on nytimes.com When Bush proclaimed his axis of evil, Iran was a possible ally in the struggle against the Taliban.

Britain was a possible ally, provided it abandon its traditional policy of maintaining the balance of power in Europe and limit itself to its interests overseas.