Example sentences of "[noun sg] by force of " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I have full authority to support our AMG by force of arms if necessary . |
| 2 | What made it worth recording several centuries later was that Ella was successful ; for the next fifteen years or so he established his authority in the south by force of arms , firmly ‘ pacifying ’ recalcitrant Britons . |
| 3 | ( Allied planners , however , used this term to describe a campaign by forces of several countries and ‘ Joint Operations ’ for actions involving three services . ) |
| 4 | Arthur declared that if necessary he would defend his water by force of arms . |
| 5 | He accuses her of being a stooge of the EGP , the Guerrilla Army of the Poor ; he say she is a front for this ‘ hard-line rebel group ’ which is ‘ bent on achieving communist revolution by force of arms ’ . |
| 6 | But two men prevented this , one indirectly , the other by force of arms : Rodrigo del Bivar and the Almoravid chieftain , Yusuf ibn Teshufin . |
| 7 | These centred on Eighth Army 's dealings with the Yugoslavs , including their inability " to exercise authority by force of arms " . |
| 8 | The swoop by forces of the Counter-terrorism National Directorate ( Dincote ) followed five months of surveillance . |
| 9 | Ware was a strict Palladian by upbringing but a stylistic schizoid by force of circumstances . |
| 10 | Another direct result of conquest by force of arms was the development of slavery , which was widespread up to the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | ‘ Sir , an Imperial Fist may become obsessed with conquering pain by force of will . |
| 12 | The speech indicated that the Khmers Rouges had abandoned plans to seize power by force of arms , and were directing their efforts to improving their image in the countryside . |