Example sentences of "to go [prep] war " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sher Azam , convener of the meeting and president of the Bradford Council of Mosques , said the government had shown a ‘ total disregard ’ for British Muslims when it decided to go to war . |
| 2 | She was a good leader to go to war with . |
| 3 | ‘ Fabulous lot of chaps to go to war with . |
| 4 | Scottish Hydro decided to go to war , but with environmental considerations in mind opted for a psychological approach rather than the shotgun option . |
| 5 | If they did set out on a journey , it was usually on business or a pilgrimage or to go to war . |
| 6 | ‘ If I wanted to go to war with somebody , ’ Bradshaw said , ‘ they would n't exist any more . |
| 7 | He supported the French Revolution even more enthusiastically than Coleridge , and in 1793 bitterly opposed the willingness of Pitt 's government to go to war against the recently proclaimed French Republic . |
| 8 | If Marshal Piłsudski and Colonel Beck , the Polish leaders in Warsaw , were upset that France had not given them stronger backing over the Wilia crisis , then they were also relieved to find that Hitler was not prepared to go to war over the city — at least not yet . |
| 9 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 10 | When , in the autumn of 1939 , Chamberlain chose , after all , to go to war with Hitler , and Stalin chose not to , the Communists were , understandably , thrown into some confusion . |
| 11 | ‘ But it 's not decent to go to war over something like this , ’ I screamed , thumping my fist on the table so that the cups on the dresser rattled . |
| 12 | A few crew and individuals had already refused to go to war . |
| 13 | On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ? |
| 14 | Much of the International 's efforts were directed at reinforcing the resolution of European socialists not to go to war with each other . |
| 15 | Charles 's government was as concerned about trade as its predecessor and was not restrained by any deep Protestant sympathies , so it was naturally inclined to go to war with the Netherlands , and in the 1660s this was popular . |
| 16 | Archbishop Stratford maintained in 1341 that in March 1337 the king obtained the assent of parliament to go to war against Philip of France . |
| 17 | On the one hand Europe favoured détente , but on the other , they also needed US protection and were concerned that , if the worst came to the worst , Carter would not be prepared to go to war to save Europe . |
| 18 | Hence half of the common lands was to go to war veterans and the propertyless . |
| 19 | When Thucydides spoke of the allies who urged Sparta to go to war , he was thinking of Corinth above all . |
| 20 | Secondly , the moment the decision to go to war was taken in Washington in November , the UN really faded out of the picture . |
| 21 | I do n't think they 'd be so anxious to go to war if they did . |
| 22 | Most units were usually too busy to go to war : dispersed on training schemes , preparing for some grand parade , absorbing new equipment , training for a tour of Northern Ireland or retraining back from it . |
| 23 | The US Senate foreign relations committee chairman , Claiborne Pell , had warned on Nov. 8 that the President " would be badly advised to go to war without a clear prior expression of congressional support " and should not " establish an offensive capacity in advance of a UN resolution authorizing offensive action " . |
| 24 | He also expressed " deep remorse over the unbearable suffering and sorrow Japan inflicted " by its " reckless " decision to go to war with the USA . |
| 25 | that I fear , that sooner or later , we 'll probably have to go to war with Saddam again |
| 26 | But he never seemed to go to war , as other men 's fathers did . |
| 27 | On the other hand an ambassador might refuse a present because he thought it insultingly small , because his mission had been unsuccessful , or because it seemed that the monarch he represented was about to go to war with the one whose court he was leaving . |
| 28 | This was not quite a final decision to go to war , but when allied ships under Admiral Codrington moved into Navarino Bay on the south-western edge of the Peloponnese in October 1827 and , without having set out to do so , destroyed the fleet of the Sultan 's Egyptian forces , war became inevitable . |
| 29 | Prussia 's attempt in 1850 to capitalize on Austrian weakness and turn herself into the pre-eminent power in Germany came to nothing when the Austrians made plain that they had recovered their nerve and were prepared to go to war on the matter . |
| 30 | He did not expect that he would have to go to war over the Holy Places , but if he was called upon to do so , he thought that he could produce the men , guns and money he would need for victory . |