Sentence examples for provide cannon from inspiring English sources

Suitability for the top flight is mostly unpredictable, so the team finishing eighth in the Championship would not necessarily provide cannon fodder for those in the Premier League.

Quite simply, there are no easy matches, and given the improvement in talent and coaching, it's a stark contrast to the European qualifiers where teams such as Andorra and Gibraltar provide cannon fodder and little else.

By Richard H. Rovere The New Yorker, March 20 , 1978P. 139 On "Issues and Answers" last Sunday, Howard Baker, the Senate Republican leader, said he is counselling the Administration that no agreement of any kind should be negotiated with the Russians as long as they provide advisers and the Cubans provide cannon fodder to what he characterized as the Ethiopian "aggressors".

On "Issues and Answers" last Sunday, Howard Baker, the Senate Republican leader, said he is counselling the Administration that no agreement of any kind should be negotiated with the Russians as long as they provide advisers and the Cubans provide cannon fodder to what he characterized as the Ethiopian "aggressors".

For decades Hollywood's sick soul has provided cannon fodder for novelists and screenwriters.

"Western countries set a very bad example when they refuse to sign up for these peacekeeping missions, implying that developing countries should provide the cannon fodder while the West comes in for high- profile rescue operations," said David Malone, president of the International Peace Academy, a research organization.

And, though the crisis may have provided fresh cannon fodder, it's really nothing new.

They had been expected to provide little more than cannon fodder for Samoa and Tonga, but a win against Fiji would set up an even more improbable semi-final against Australia in Sydney next Sunday.

* The rimbases are short broad rings located at the union of the trunnions and the cannon which provide support to the carriage attachment.

In Béxar, General Cos saw the battle begin and sent 50 infantry and 1 cannon to provide cover so the cavalry could retreat to town.

Riot police backed by water cannon provided heavy security for the appearance.