Sentence examples for seize by force from inspiring English sources

When Eisenhower's press secretary, James C. Hagerty, told his boss that the State Department was frantic that he should say nothing at a news conference about a 1958 crisis over the islands of Quemoy and Matsu, which China was threatening to seize by force, Eisenhower replied: "Don't worry, Jim.

President Grant believed an insurrection by the Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden's supporters over the controversial Election of 1876 could take place and wanted to make sure that any Democratic attempt to seize by force Hayes' public inauguration ceremony would fail.

Ouattara on Friday had ordered Coulibaly, 47, and his forces to disarm or expect to have weapons seized by force.

On Friday, President Alassane Ouattara ordered Mr. Coulibaly and his forces to disarm or expect to have weapons seized by force.

For most of history and in most countries, power was seized by force of arms and passed down from father to son.

In many cases, such things were not come by honestly; sometimes they were stolen, or seized by force, or bought in dubious circumstances.

Twenty years ago, in the Falklands, we thought it necessary to reinforce the principle that territory should not be seized by force.

Unlike in Zimbabwe, where white-owned farms were seized by force, the South African government has said it will purchase land only from white landowners who choose to sell it.

Mr. Stern was himself born in the city of Breslau, which Frederick seized by force along with the rest of Silesia from the Austrian Habsburgs just months into his reign in 1740.

Palestinian militants insist that settlers, Israeli civilians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, are legitimate targets because they occupy territory Israel seized by force in the 1967 war.

He told Le Monde earlier this month: "When a country seizes by force part of its neighbour's territory it's not the best time to be supplying them with sophisticated armaments".