Sentence examples for seized as many from inspiring English sources

A government investigation after Argentina's return to democracy in 1983 found that military squadrons had seized as many as 30,000 people, including hundreds of labor activists, and secretly had them tortured and executed.

PAGE A6 AFTER LULL, SOMALI PIRATES STRIKE After a recent decrease in activity, pirates off Somalia's coast seized as many as five ships in 48 hours, somehow eluding the armada of warships from more than a dozen nations, including the United States, patrolling Somalia's seas.

His plan was to strike with 25 to 50 specially trained men, supply horses to between 80 and 100 slaves, swoop down on the armory and seize as many guns as possible and then escape into the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains, from which they'd stage hit-and-run attacks meant to trigger a huge slave rebellion.

British Sailing manager Stephen Park wants his team to seize as many Rio Olympics places as possible at the upcoming World Championships.

Read here about the "worst performers" -- a raising of the "failing" score from 60 to just under the state average of 87.4- in order to "seize" as many schools as possible for the charter experiment.

There's also lot of luck involved; it's impossible to predict when you will strike viral marketing gold, so you have put yourself in the stream of opportunities and seize as many of them as you can.

Seized as a suspected spy, he is brutally murdered.

Most Hollywood fare is antithetical to the counterculture out of survival necessity: the goal is to seize as much scrilla from as many different demographics as possible, so typically, movies get stuffed full of the most anodyne values available.

Ambitious officers may misinterpret new might for political right and may be tempted to seize power, as many have done before.

About 10 armed rebels from a Burmese insurgent group called God's Army crossed the border into Thailand this morning and seized a local hospital, taking as many as 200 people hostage and demanding medical care for their wounded, officials said.

Wood Mackenzie added that although overall well numbers would dip this year, drilling activity was set to recover in 2016 as many explorers seized their chance to drill at lower costs.