Sentence examples for were supposed to secure from inspiring English sources

Barça were supposed to secure their 10th successive win against a Getafe team led by the man with Jennifer Anniston's jaw.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Oct. 25 - The White House sought on Monday to explain the disappearance of 380 tons of high explosives in Iraq that American forces were supposed to secure, as Senator John Kerry seized on the missing cache as "one of the great blunders of Iraq" and said President Bush's "incredible incompetence" had put American troops at risk.

Lists of passwords and email addresses are a boon to attackers not just because they can be used to get access to the systems they were supposed to secure.

The State Department hired Alamir and Blue Mountain to recruit the local unarmed guards who were supposed to secure the perimeter of the Benghazi compound on the night of the Sept. 11, 2012, attack.

You see, back in the early 1980's, before he became Fed chairman, Mr. Greenspan headed a commission that was supposed to secure the future of Social Security.

The United Nations, which is supposed to secure international peace, is paralyzed by the intransigence of Russia and China, which hold vetoes on the Security Council.

It was supposed to secure some areas of the country, where institutions could be strengthened and development projects executed, and so help the government extend its reach.

The Cabinet Office was supposed to secure a measure of independence by recruiting many of its staff from outside the civil service.

In a bizarre turn of events, "conceding" passporting could be less damaging than the "benefit" of opting out of freedom of movement that it is supposed to secure.

But both firms chose to go ahead with the nitrogen foam cement mixture, which was supposed to secure the bottom of the well.

A firm's balance sheet doesn't always reflect its true health, and regulators do not have an inside perspective on the firms they are supposed to secure.