6 sentences with 'securing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word securing and other words derived from it.
• « He immediately engaged the Persian forces and began winning battles, securing Anatolia and the rich Greek port cities in 333 BC and Syria in 332 BC. »
• « Under the caliph Abu Bakr and his successors, Umar (another of Muhammad's in-laws; r. 634 - 644), and Uthman (r. 644 - 655), Muslim armies expanded rapidly. This began as a means of securing the loyalty of the divided Arab tribes, as well as expanding the faith; both Abu Bakur and Umar were forced to suppress the revolts of the Arab tribes, and Umar came up with the idea of attacking Persia and Byzantium to maintain the loyalty of the tribes. »
• « Europeans broke into these markets primarily by securing control of goods returning to Europe rather than by seizing control of intra-Asian or African trade routes, although they sought to dominate those routes when they could, and Europeans were able to seize at least some territories directly in the process. »
• « Thus, investors could build a factory after securing loans at fair interest rates and knew they had a legal system that favoured their enterprise. »
• « Its secondary objectives, the "in the meantime" activities, centred on securing universal manhood suffrage and trying to strengthen the quality of life of the workers. This amounted to an uneasy hybrid of a revolutionary waiting game and a very routine pursuit of legislative gains for workers. »
• « In 1744, Empress Catherine the Great's army crushed Ottoman forces and captured the Crimean peninsula, securing Russia's dream of warm (i.e., winter-free) harbours for its navy. »