Sentences with phrase «war of attrition on»

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon recently appeared to acknowledge the consequences of Israeli strategic and tactical mistakes by effectively conceding that Hamas had succeeded in imposing a war of attrition on Israel.

Now, the long, bloody entrenched war of attrition on Lords reform begins and a referendum may be both inevitable and desirable

Not exact matches

«We want this resolved on the merits rather than through a wasteful war of attrition,» Kanojia wrote at the time.

She wants to show me while my toddler and five - year - old are fighting over who gets to sit in the stroller and who gets to stand on the back of the stroller, which is a war of the purest possible attrition and principled fury, because each wants to be wherever the other currently happens to be.

In the face of attrition and growing public ambivalence, too many Christians lazily lean back on attack language and war rhetoric, especially with those deemed outsiders (i.e. non-Christians or Christians who don't fit within a narrow framework of appearance, conduct and belief system).

Rose's output dropped massively after round 2, and it looked like she was going into round 5 on the losing side of a slow war attrition.

I would rather have a setup that allows a player to make a Sunday charge up the leaderboard as opposed to the war of attrition that relies on blow - up holes for leaderboard movement.

Political communism failed due to the policy of encirclement by the Western powers, a war of attrition fought through proxy wars - otherwise known as the Cold War - a hot war between the two main powers would have been simply too dangerous given the preponderance of nuclear weapon technology on both sidwar of attrition fought through proxy wars - otherwise known as the Cold War - a hot war between the two main powers would have been simply too dangerous given the preponderance of nuclear weapon technology on both sidWar - a hot war between the two main powers would have been simply too dangerous given the preponderance of nuclear weapon technology on both sidwar between the two main powers would have been simply too dangerous given the preponderance of nuclear weapon technology on both sides.

The war of attrition can't carry on.

«Due to his poorly thought - out policies and the diversion of meagre state resources to prosecute personal wars of attrition against those who helped him get into and consolidate his grip on state power, the Chime's administration has depleted the State's revenue and resources without having the slightest clue on how to rejuvenate the State's Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, which was very healthy at the time he assumed office as governor.

It's a treat to watch the movie - within - a-movie come together — the process is often funny, but the tragic attrition of the war on Londoners is on display, and its shadow creeps over the characters as Their Finest moves toward its elegant conclusion (you'll be glad the ministry hired a documentary director for the job).

Ironically, some of the prime minister's critics, including former defence minister Moshe Arens, would be willing to cut short the war of attrition and concede to some of Hamas» demands in the absence of a military campaign aimed at complete disarmament on condition that the government prepares for another round of fighting which they view as inevitable at some point in the future.xii

It was a war of attrition and based on their GCSE grades nobody won.

You crank on the difficulty dial in the end game and make every encounter a punishing war of attrition.

Indeed, the reality on the ground indicates that a war of attrition appears likely over coming weeks, unless the balance of power shifts militarily in a significant manner, or the Gaddafi regime capitulates.