Sentence examples for side of forces from inspiring English sources

The idea that apostasy may be punishable by death stems from a time in the early days of Islam when a tribe that had voluntarily embraced Islam and established a treaty, renounced that treaty and in so doing took the side of forces that were attacking the nascent Islamic community.

Nico Rosberg again had the edge on Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, with the duo seventh and ninth and the latter a full second adrift of Raikkonen, either side of Force India's Paul Di Resta.

Suppose that Darth Vader uses the force — the dark side of the force of course — Darth Vader uses the dark side of the force to destroy, to turn into pea soup, Luke Skywalker's brain.

I'm afraid you are being enlisted on the side of the forces of darkness.

Yet a man of principle is always a thorn in the side of authoritarian forces.

The visit ranges him symbolically on the side of the forces working for change and renewal within the Catholic church.

The leadership was very, very much -- among all the denominations -- on the side of the forces of genocide".

Libya has begun to emerge as its own model — the darker side of the forces unleashed this year by the immolation of a young man in the Tunisian hinterland.

New Labour was thus enlisted on the side of the "forces of conservatism", against which Blair is supposed to have set his face to sternly.

The realistic side of me forces a disciplined regimen of hard work, comprehensive due diligence and relentless oversight; the optimistic side of me is just super excited to be a part of our industry.

But Uganda, one of the most powerful countries in IGAD, has been fighting on the side of government forces.