Sentence examples for tactical cunning from inspiring English sources

Baldwin's appointment was what Yes, Minister civil servants would call "brave" – an upmarket Coulson to match Andy Coulson's tactical cunning.

Perhaps she understood that all my tactical cunning was a measure of my devotion, and, as her cool lips brushed my bruised cheek, I could not imagine myself ever having been happier.

They showed signs of tactical cunning, striking when Kurdish officers were certain enough of a holiday lull that they had sent about 1,000 of the region's 3,500 troops home on leave.

But if the deployment of jelly beans represents the extent of Peter Moores's tactical cunning, then it sounds rather too much like one of Baldrick's cunning plans for comfort.

Asked about the political leanings of his three adult children, Gillespie said: "I've never asked my children what party they're in". Tactical cunning has defined Gillespie's career, beginning when he followed the lead of an early boss on Capitol Hill and switched from Democrat to Republican.

"Fest," wrote Walter Clemons in The New York Times Book Review, "draws a convincing picture of the visionary and theatrical appeal of this figure to the German people and the tactical cunning with which he played off his adversaries during the decade between 1929 and 1939.

The balance of power shifts repeatedly, as technological advances and cunning tactical footwork give first one empire, then another, the upper hand.

All the cunning tactical gameplans in the world will also count for little if England's new-look back-row cannot soak up the onrushing physicality.

They have also lost popular support but not their tactical cunning.In this section Fresh faces, old hands The crackdown A return to the bad old days?

Nicolas Sarkozy is obsessed with François Mitterrand; his cunning, his tactical sense, his ability to sense his countrymen's pulse.

The Djokovic-Nadal match at the Australian Open that Steinberger refers to was not so much a slugfest in the mode of, say, Williams-Sharapova, but rather a full-scale epic that combined tactical moves complete with cunning traps and numinous shot-making — a true test of strength and fitness.