Sentence examples for were in combating from inspiring English sources

Our efforts here should be as strong as they were in combating closed societies during the Cold War.

"Our efforts here should be as strong as they were in combating closed societies during the cold war," the commission said in what seemed to be an indirect attack on the Bush administration for failing to match its military effort against terrorism since Sept. 11 with an equally aggressive diplomatic campaign, leaving the United States unnecessarily isolated from its allies.

It is in combating individual discrimination and stigmatisation that efforts must now concentrate.

Where the Israelis need the Saudis is in combating the rising tide of anti-Semitism.

One of Lloyd George's most notable efforts was in combating the submarine menace, which, in early 1917, threatened to starve Britain into submission.

All of this leads to a lingering concern: how effective will these videos be in combating the complex and ingrained issue of family violence, when fronted by figureheads who won't commit to funding or collaborative programs?

One of the evangelicals' most important influences is in combating the second-class status of women and girls by evangelizing not only for God, but also for equality of the sexes.

Curious George, one of Dr Little's robotic creations, can identify a book, for example, by finding a picture of it on Amazon, a leading online retailer.One of the most promising uses of computer-vision software is in combating crime.

The maiden test of this fund will be in combating the spiraling growth of al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq (and its even more extreme cousin, which calls itself the "Islamic State" in those two countries).

So part of our challenge is in combating that narrative.

Imagine how effective the FBI and other federal authorities would be in combating organized crime if they were forbidden to try turning Mafia members into informers.