Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] war " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CIA-backed contra war was an inconsequential affair in world terms , although it brought much destruction and suffering to the Nicaraguans themselves . |
| 2 | In France during the most critical years of the Spanish Succession war in 1704–8 and 1712 , one in six of the male population was serving in the army or the militia ; and in the period 1700–63 about two million men were enrolled for military service there ( though some 300,000 of these were foreigners ) . |
| 3 | From the Spanish Succession war onwards , for example , there was an increasing tendency for French soldiers to receive wounds in the left side — the part of the body which in line formation was exposed to the enemy 's fire . |
| 4 | Eventually , the bloody turf wars ceased , and for a long time the authorities either winked at their illegal trade or even helped themselves to the till . |
| 5 | Sun 's warm and cuddly alliance with AT&T , the original cause of the bloody Unix wars , has now turned almost 180 degrees with Sun looking increasing out in the cold . |
| 6 | We have here another skirmish in the kabbalistic truth wars . |
| 7 | I suppose to be technical it ought to be the er it ought to be referred to as the Franco- German war . |
| 8 | EG & G — Dr Wickram will know much more about this than I do — oversees such things as nuclear-weapons tests and the so-called Star Wars . |
| 9 | Something they cultivated after the Iraqi Gulf War . |
| 10 | THE Colombian drug wars have added a new variation to Washington 's ‘ revolving door ’ syndrome , whereby former US officials use the knowledge they gained in government for profit on returning to the private sector . |
| 11 | Electro-acoustic technology being one of the main battlegrounds in the acoustic guitar war , respected US makers Guild have come up with an all-new pickup to accompany their all-new range of guitars . |
| 12 | The German wage war |
| 13 | Mr Andrew Smith , a prosthetist from St Mary 's Hospital , Roehampton , south London , who now works for Cambodia Trust , a British charity , said : ‘ It 's the old World War One system . |
| 14 | In the face of the fight against Microsoft Corp ( not to speak of the old Unix Wars ) we leave you this week with the observation that this is more true of the Unix industry than not . |
| 15 | Digital Equipment Corp executives remark that the Open Software Foundation better make some progress in the coming months stitching up the wounds of the old Unix wars and accommodating itself to new alliances or else it 's going to have a lot of trouble getting funding from its sponsors next year . |
| 16 | THE DARK ELF WARS |
| 17 | In what seems like a big complement on our powers of imagination , Unix System Laboratories chief Roel Pieper and Chuck Reilly , vice president of operations at the Open Software Foundation have been re-writing history , claiming at Utrecht a few weeks back that the press made up the entire Unix Wars all by themselves : ‘ they never happened ’ pleaded Rielly , who did n't join OSF until 1989 , after some of the worst was over . |
| 18 | When the 1st World War broke out , he joined the Army and , while he was stationed at Woolwich , he was spotted by Palace 's secretary/manager , Mr Edmund Goodman . |
| 19 | He was among the first to respond to the call to the colours in the 1st World War and the outcome was clear . |
| 20 | Joe moved to Swansea Town in February 1914 , but was killed in France during the 1st World War . |
| 21 | Formerly with Sunderland , John joined the Palace from Belfast Distillery after the 1st World War and immediately cracked 18 Southern League goals in his 37 appearances in 1919–20 , proving the ideal partner for veteran striker Ted Smith . |
| 22 | Once he had settled into the right-back position he was impossible to move from the Palace first team ( unless illness or injury intervened , and the career chart shows that there was only one season when that happened to any serious degree ) , and he appeared there regularly until the 1st World War brought an end to competitive football and threw everyone 's affairs into confusion . |
| 23 | When the 1st World War broke out , eight years later , Harry was still there , the longest-serving member of the playing staff , having helped our favourites to rise within an ace of the Southern League championship and become an established and respected club . |
| 24 | Bill Davies was a Welsh International winger who played for The Palace in nearly 200 Southern League matches in two spells with the club from 1907 , until the 1st World War forced a conclusion to fully competitive football in 1915 . |
| 25 | Feebury 's best seasons with the Palace were those immediately after the 1st World War for , when competitive football restarted , Albert made full appearances for us in our final season in the Southern League and then missed just one match in Palace 's 3rd Division championship team of 1920–21 . |
| 26 | Harry Hanger joined the Palace from Bradford City in the summer of 1909 and his stylish performances at wing-half were an attractive feature of Palace sides until the outbreak of the 1st World War . |
| 27 | Honoured by the Southern League , Harry was awarded a Benefit by the Palace in season 1914–15 , but whether this was ever taken up is uncertain because the designated game against Croydon Common could not be played on its original date , and by that time Harry was away in the services , where he was killed in action during the 1st World War . |
| 28 | Big Jimmy Hughes was Palace 's bulwark at centre-half throughout the decade 1910 to 1920 , and only the 1st World War prevented him from amassing a huge total of appearances for the club . |
| 29 | Joshua ( nicknamed ‘ Joe ’ by the Palace fans ) Johnson was our club 's goalkeeper from early December 1907 until the 1st World War brought an end to competitive football in 1915 . |
| 30 | Jack Little was Palace 's first choice right-back for some seven seasons , on the resumption of fully competitive football after the end of the 1st World War , but he was well-known to followers of the sport in the wider Croydon area for considerably longer , because he had been a regular member of the Croydon Common side , which won promotion from the 2nd Division of the Southern League in 1913–14 with a remarkable defensive record of only conceding 14 goals in 30 matches . |