Sentence examples for secure allies from inspiring English sources

First secure allies, then prepare for war.

Records also show Mr Cameron hosted the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as part of his efforts to secure allies in his EU reform plan.

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Despite his acknowledged allegiance to the khan, he developed close relations with his western neighbours, hoping thus to secure allies who would support his attempt to overthrow the Mongol overlords.

In the East the struggle with Persia made it important to retain control of Lazica (modern Colchis, a region in Georgia), to secure allies in Mesopotamia and southern Syria, and to counter Persian penetration into Arabia by an understanding with Ethiopia.

Summer 2015-early 2016 The prime minister clocks up the air miles as he shuttles between European capitals trying to secure allies for his renegotiation and find out what the EU's other 27 leaders might be willing to sign up to.

But those donations helped secure dependable allies in Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va).

He said that while he accepted the political reality that a new Security Council measure might be needed to secure allied support for any move against Iraq, Mr. Hussein's decade-long record of violations of existing resolutions fully justified taking action now.

"Then, the challenge was to secure allied codes and ciphers" he said.

He wasn't always successful in securing allies.

She had married Philip of Burgundy, son of the emperor Maximilian, as part of Ferdinand's policy of securing allies against France.