Sentence examples for warlike purposes from inspiring English sources

But the Swedish state and its bureaucracy were undoubtedly founded for warlike purposes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Article 9 of the Svalbard Treaty specifies that no fortifications and naval bases may be built on Svalbard, nor can the archipelago be used for "warlike purposes".

Norway cannot use the archipelago for warlike purposes, cannot discriminate economic activity based on nationality and is required to conserve the natural environment.

The Svalbard Treaty of 9 February 1920 granted Norway full sovereignty over Svalbard, although with two major limitations: all parties to the treaty had equal rights to economic resources, and the archipelago was not to be used for "warlike purposes".

Society in the 21st century has used technological development for warlike purposes aimed at acquiring power and forgetting the real needs of people.

Dispersal across the steppe to maximize milk and meat production could be, and in historic times was, punctuated by occasional assemblages of large numbers of nomads for an annual roundup and slaughter of wild animals, for warlike undertakings against other communities, and for various ceremonial purposes as well.

Paul Avrich, a historian specializing in the study of anarchism, quotes Spies as saying: "There seems to prevail the opinion in some quarters that this meeting has been called for the purpose of inaugurating a riot, hence these warlike preparations on the part of so-called 'law and order.' However, let me tell you at the beginning that this meeting has not been called for any such purpose.

And the warlike image of Jesus also fits with President George W. Bush's discussions of a godly purpose behind American military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Warlike neighbors?

Blind, unquestioning, warlike?

The outer sections are warlike, then charming, then warlike again.