Sentences with phrase «huge armies face»

One scene in which two huge armies face one another ends with no battle at all, after terms are successfully agreed by the leaders — while conversely the Battle of Hattin, in which Guy's vast forces were trapped and slaughtered by the waiting Saracens, is depicted only in its build - up and carrion - bird aftermath, with the actual killing left entirely to the viewers» imagination.

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Now, faced by a huge debt from the recent French and Indian War, the British determined simultaneously to make a peaceful settlement with the Indians, to keep a large army intact in order to preserve peace, to pay off past debts, and to handle future expenses by a series of colonial taxes.

Let us face facts, we have been a huge club since the 1930s but til the last ten years or so I was always proud to be a Gunner (these days, known as a Gooner) but our club is being raped by a money mad owner, fool of a manager, puppet board and the likes of Walcott and let's be frank with each other, Ozil too who must «don't like it up em», to quote Dads Army.

I am working in the area stretching along Florida's south east coast from Fort Lauderdale northwards, where the incumbent Democratic Congressman, Ron Klein, is facing a huge challenge from former army Colonel and Tea Party favourite, Allen West.

They face huge opposition — big corporations with lots of money and bad manners — and stand like a small but brave army of science soldiers fighting against a giant army of greed and more bad manners to promote the truth: without healthy oceans, our planet could not sustain life.