Sentence examples for set for war from inspiring English sources

The scene was set for war when, in January 1966, Ibo army officers killed the prime minister and other officials and seized power.

On the other side, the Habsburg monarch, Leopold II, had resisted the pleas of his sister Marie-Antoinette and opposed intervention against France, but his death in March 1792 brought his bellicose son Francis II to the throne, and the stage was set for war.

During the long Security Council debates on the resolution, Mr. Annan said the same nations that were concerned about not granting an "automatic" trigger for war in the first stage of the Iraq confrontation -- France, Russia and China -- "were also worried about a very low threshold" being set for war.

"You can accuse me of being an optimist and I'll plead guilty," that Afghanistan is set for war without end.

Perhaps the West is set for a "war on finance" along the lines of the "war on terror", with similar uncertainty about how to define victory.Politicians seem to have three main beefs with the financial sector.

The Chilcot report noted that the objectives set for the war were not attained.

Instead, the scene was set for a war that was to last for 30 months and claim the lives, it is said, of 1m people through fighting, hunger or disease.

After a few more sombre words, he turned and walked back into the West Wing, there to attend another in a series of meetings on the strategy that he soon must set for the war in Afghanistan.

Ukip is set for civil war after the former leadership favourite Steven Woolfe was banned from standing because his application was 17 minutes late, making Diane James the new frontrunner to succeed Nigel Farage.

The whole region seems set for a war of attrition between the beleaguered but well-armed Tutsis in power and the more numerous and resentful Hutus.The new accord, negotiated by Mr Mandela, has the same shortcomings as all the other failed agreements.

The stage is set for civil war over the months up to the party convention next February, when delegates from its 301 constituency associations will vote on the leadership.In this section Jean Chrétien v Paul Martin: now it's really war Don't watch my lips People matter too Reprints Related items Politics in Canada: Chré tien and on and onMay 16th 2002The skirmishing has already begun.