Example sentences of "[adj] fighting around " in BNC.
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| 1 | In mid-December the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE , or the Tamil Tigers — the main Tamil insurgent group ) had routed the pro-IPKF Tamil National Army ( TNA ) in bloody fighting around the eastern port of Batticaloa [ see p. 37126 ] . |
| 2 | The government 's ability to defend Massawa had been undermined , however , by fresh fighting around Keren and Azeza and on the Asmara-Massawa road , together with the successes scored further south in December 1989 and January 1990 by the Tigre People 's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) and the Oromo Liberation Front . |
| 3 | Tass still reported heavy fighting around Bagram on March 8 . |
| 4 | Reports were carried by Agence-France Presse on May 1 of heavy fighting around Saa'da involving Moslem tribes opposed to unity , and by the UK newspaper the Independent on May 12 suggesting that Saudi Arabia was fomenting this resistance to hold up the unity process [ but see p. 37266 for official Saudi position welcoming unification ] . |
| 5 | The report also mentioned numerous casualties among government forces during heavy fighting around Kirkuk . |
| 6 | Following two days of heavy fighting around Osijek , the main town in Slavonia , with heavy army involvement , Tudjman on Aug. 22 issued an ultimatum to the Presidency warning that unless Serbian aggression against Croatia stopped and the army left Croatia by Aug. 31 , " all necessary steps " would be taken to protect the republic and the army would be declared an occupying force ( which would be equivalent to a declaration of war ) . |
| 7 | Loyal armed forces launched a counter-attack against the rebels , and just after midnight there was a burst of heavy fighting around the palace and residence , the Ministry of Defence and naval headquarters , and at the Miranda base . |
| 8 | But from the beginning of December 1947 until April 1948 there was continuous fighting around Jaffa . |
| 9 | One section advanced into eastern Slavonia where the ensuing fighting around Osijek , Vinkovar and Vinkovci was of unprecedented violence . |
| 10 | On Sept. 15 President Najibullah welcomed the agreement and offered a ceasefire amidst reports of intense fighting around the town of Gardez , 100 km south of Kabul . |
| 11 | Intense fighting around Monrovia |
| 12 | The United Nations has reported intense fighting around Srebrenica , the Moslem enclave it is trying to protect . |