Sentence examples for were directed against from inspiring English sources

These comments were directed against a section of our community.

Of these, 2,400 were directed against Coalition Forces".

So-called deliberate strikes were directed against fixed targets, like buildings or air-defense systems.

Military officials said the attacks were directed against American and Iraqi forces, as well as civilians.

Some of these were directed against abuses by the papacy, the clergy, and monks and nuns.

All of these were directed against the strict divorce laws then operating in France.

As in previous years, close to one-third of all incidents worldwide in 2000 were directed against Americans.

Chants were directed against the Egyptian striker as he came on as subsitute at the Riverside in Saturday's goalless draw.

Among last year's attacks, 152 were directed against a pipeline in Colombia which is owned by multinational oil companies.

They were directed against the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Catholics—i.e., those Eastern churches that joined with Rome.

One issue that remained particularly opaque was whom his threats of a renewed arms race were directed against.