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I don't think we'll be seeing Arab countries getting involved in Syria with their own military, but rather a spearhead being held by Syrian soldiers with greater logistical support from abroad, and possibly enforcement of a no-fly zone.
Spearhead . stattrick Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.16am BST11 16 4th over: Australia 22-1 (Villani 5, Lanning 2) Grundy enters the attack with her left-arm spin.
In order to take on the work and risk necessary to spearhead a march or an occupation, you need a real motivation, a stake, a reason to believe that things must change and that only you can do it.
Duncan Wise, visitor development officer for the Northumberland National Park Authority, helped to spearhead the campaign for dark-sky status after the Council for the Protection of Rural England found it was one of Britain's most tranquil places.
The Ukip MP has, however, made it clear that he would prefer a non-political person, such as the businessman James Dyson, to spearhead the movement for the UK to leave the EU.
The Hungarians played superb technical and tactical football, with Ferenc Puskas, a dominating captain with a formidable left foot, and Sander Kocsis, the so-called "Golden Head," a double spearhead.
Against France she was the spearhead of an England pack that lacks the power it had when the now retired Maggie Alphonsi was smashing every breakdown in sight but the 21-year-old lock is not the only youngster to demonstrate she has a long international future ahead of her.
It is important that he acknowledged the importance of a modern industrial policy, but while the planned Alan Turing Centre on big data and algorithms and the proposed doctoral centres on grapheme and cell therapy are welcome, they hardly constitute its spearhead.
As for Sajid Javid's confirmation on breakfast radio that, as the new Vince Cable, he has early plans to further curb already shrunken trade union rights to strike, that rash talk is not easy to square with the PM's one nation comments at the weekend ("Thatcherite Javid to spearhead business push," says the FT splash).
A resurgent pack of veterans, bolstered by an in-form and fit Lleyton Hewitt, and an impressive 'generation next' led by Bernard Tomic, Ashleigh Barty and Nick Kyrgios are set to spearhead the local charge – although Tomic and Barty could hardly have been handed more challenging draws.
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Following the Port Moresby event Marsudi and Pato said in a joint statement the bilateral relationship was strong enough to discuss sensitive issues, and they would step up communications around the Melanesian Spearhead Group – which West Papuan independence groups wish to join.
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The primary grammatical function of "spearhead" is a verb , indicating the act of leading or initiating an action or project. It can also function as a noun , referring to the person or entity leading the effort. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage, as exemplified in the provided examples.
Expression frequency: Very common
