6 sentences with 'aid'
Example sentences and phrases with the word aid and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, in 1526 Charles V allowed the German princes to choose whether or not to enforce his ban on Lutheranism as they saw fit, in the hope that they would continue to offer him military aid - he tried unsuccessfully to revoke this reluctant toleration in 1529, but it was too late. »
• « The French provided material and then actual military aid to the Americans from 1778 onwards, and Britain was finally forced to grant independence to the United States in 1783. »
• « Likewise, charity, aid and rehabilitation were misplaced, as they would supposedly lead to the survival of the unfit and thus drag down the health of society at large. Therefore, the best policy was to allow the "unfit" to die if possible, and to try to impose limits on their breeding if not. »
• « It is important to note that while both the British and the US supported the Greek government, the USSR gave no aid to the communist rebels, rightly fearing that doing so could lead to a much larger war. However, furious at what he saw as another example of Western capitalist imperialism, Stalin pulled the USSR out of the Bretton Woods economic agreement in early 1948. »