Sentence examples for understandable against from inspiring English sources

This gave imperial Japan a foothold on the mainland for its eventual conquest of Manchuria and China, in what was to become the second world war.The misgivings felt by Koreans watching outside forces particularly China and Japan intervening to solve problems on the peninsula is understandable, against the historical backdrop.

This was, perhaps, an understandable reaction against her childhood experience of Communism.

It sure feels as if there's still a lot of unsorted (if understandable) rage against his parents here.

Holding back the correspondence, though an understandable safeguard against damaging Anglo-American relations, is not obviously in keeping with that promise.Yet there are a few caveats to this.

He offered to move the United Nations headquarters to Libya because leaders coming here had to endure jet lag and because the understandable security against another attack on New York by Al Qaeda was too stringent.

In April 1945, according to the diary of Andreas-Friedrich, Borchard's companion, "Nein" appeared in many parts of Berlin, in chalk or oil paint, a one-word, instantly understandable vote against Hitler and a continuation of the war).

Losing to the world champions is understandable but against the Boks they need a result.

It points out that although the concerns of the critics of modern agriculture may be understandable, the reaction against intensive farming is a luxury of the rich.

Expanding on her vision for the agency, Ms. Warren said she saw it as a "cop on the beat" that would regulate lending institutions, seek to simplify loan documents to make them more understandable and guard against fraud and abuse.

Now, we have to take measured steps, because the sentiment within Serbia is, for understandable reasons, still against the United States because their nationalism has led, even if they don't like Milosevic, they still have some feelings lingering from the NATO action there.

It's understandable liberals rail against President Bush.