Sentence examples for strike the condition from inspiring English sources

It is also wise to pack some spray to counteract "blowfly strike", the condition that occurs when flies lay eggs in the fleece and maggots feed on the sheep.

But this could change if the lobbyists get the ear of Congress and strike these conditions from the bill.

The head of the union, Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union, said the city this week had rejected the union's offer to suspend the strike on the condition that the city delay the solicitation of new bids for school bus routes and join talks with a mediator.

Similarly, military and intelligence officials in Pakistan initially consented to American drone strikes on the condition that Washington not discuss them publicly — a bargain that became ever harder to honor when the United States significantly expanded American drone operations in the country.

The Lib Dems could even make this a condition of striking the bargain.

She suffers from celiac disease, an obscure but increasingly diagnosed condition that strikes the small intestine, and even the trace amount of wheat in the communion wafer, or host, can make her ill.

Hundreds of thousands of older people and their families are being forced to pay a "dementia tax" if they are struck down by the condition, a leading UK charity has warned.

In particular, when depression strikes during adolescence the condition is far more likely to be associated with a persistent, pernicious course over the lifespan (e.g., Lewinsohn et al. 1999).

There were reports in the Mexican press last July that Chapo had organized hundreds of inmates in a hunger strike over the conditions of their confinement.

Yesterday was the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, and at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba, more than a hundred prisoners (approximately a hundred and six of the hundred and sixty-six held there) continued an ongoing hunger strike against the conditions of their confinement.

By Emily Greenhouse July 9, 2013 Yesterday was the first day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, and at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba, more than a hundred prisoners (approximately a hundred and six of the hundred and sixty-six held there) continued an ongoing hunger strike against the conditions of their confinement.