Example sentences of "an act [prep] aggression [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To wear such a garment was an act of aggression in itself . |
| 2 | It said that terrorism had too often been treated as a law-enforcement problem when it should be treated as a matter of national security and an act of aggression against the USA . |
| 3 | A communiqué issued at the end of the conference condemned the " US-led military campaign against Iraq [ as ] an act of aggression against the Arab nation " . |
| 4 | Hrawi , who was visiting Damascus , the Syrian capital , at the time of the assassination , described it as " an act of aggression against the state security " . |
| 5 | In a statement issued on Sept. 10 Dominique Strauss-Kahn , the French Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade , said that the government could not formally announce its approval until a commercial agreement was finalized between Taiwan and the manufacturer of the Mirage , Dassault Aviation , but that " such a decision … would not be considered as an act of aggression against the People 's Republic of China " . |
| 6 | When Jordana informed Ambassador Hayes in November 1942 that an Allied landing in French North Africa would be considered an act of aggression against Spain , he was undoubtedly expressing Franco 's , not his own , view . |
| 7 | As late as February 1949 there was a brief panic in London when a US Senate debate suggested that the all-important article 5 ( which defined the obligations of members in the event of an act of aggression against one of their number ) might be diluted . |