Sentence examples for they acceded from inspiring English sources

Pyongyang has drawn a sobering lesson from what happened to the Soviet Union, Iraq and Libya when they acceded to the West's surrender-your-weapons demands.

They acceded to Hezbollah's demands in 2008 when the group occupied downtown Beirut to demand veto power in the Lebanese government.

Democrats said they suspected Republicans were more interested in painting Democrats as soft on terror, saying that every time they acceded to administration requests, new ones surfaced.

While county education officials did not take the initiative in improving Sangzao Middle School, they acceded to Mr. Ye's requests and gave him money, he said.

Previous heirs, such as Edward VII and Edward VIII, have been condemned for not having done this; in consequence they lacked sufficient grasp of issues to make their dialogue with ministers effective when they acceded to the throne.

He also sought, as he had before, to force lawmakers to consider the dangers that would likely unfold if they acceded to the popular demands for a speedy withdrawal, and he sought to put Iraq's struggles in historical context.

Though arenas make money on soda, alcohol and parking, they accede to the Ringling contract in order to attract crowds and excitement.

Late last week, there were even signs that the North Koreans were beginning to consider a principal American demand -- that they accede to talks not with the United States alone, but including other powers like China, Russia and Japan.

There they hold bosses hostage until they accede to revolutionary demands, namely: 1) recognition that working on Friday afternoons or Monday mornings is an insult to everything the soixante-huitards fought for; and 2) the office must be airlifted next door to the boulangerie where they bake really good pain aux amandes.

While those young enough not to be obviously too old by the time they accede are probably too young to be chosen now.

Like her, I look accusingly at my children when they fail to devour some dish that, backed into a corner, they had acceded to at seven in the morning.