49 examples of localise in sentences

It is also localised in Skye.

It is doubtful if he cared whether they could be afterwards traced out or not; and in reference to one particular rock, referred to in the "Poems on the Naming of Places," when asked by a friend to localise it, he declined; replying to the question, "Yes, thator any other that will suit!"

It is not easy to localise the exact position of a coiled rattlesnake by the sound of his rattle.

When still further localised naval defencelocalised defence, that is, of what may be called the smaller descriptionis considered, the danger involved in adopting it will be quite as apparent, and the waste of money will be more obvious.

Localised defence is a near relation of passive defence.

The countries named, when determined not to expose themselves unarmed to an assailant, can provide themselves only with a kind of defence which, whatever its detailed composition, must be of an intrinsically localised character.

Let us for the moment suppose that, like one of the smaller countries whose case has been adduced, we are restricted to localised defence.

An enemy not so restricted would be able to get, without being molested, as near to our territorywhether in the mother country or elsewhereas the outer edge of the comparatively narrow belt of water that our localised defences could have any hope of controlling effectively.

It would begin with the introduction of a cruising force in addition to the localised force.

The unvarying lesson of naval history would be that the cruising division should gain continuously on the localised.

If it be hoped that a localised force will render coast-wise traffic safe from the enemy, a little knowledge of what has happened in war and a sufficiently close investigation of conditions will demonstrate how baseless the hope must be.

If it were worth his while, an enemy disposing of an active cruising force strong enough to make its way into the neighbourhood of the coast waters concerned would interrupt the 'long-shore traffic' and defy the efforts of a localised force to prevent him.

The localised defence could not attempt to drive off hostile cruisers remaining far from the shore and meaning to infest the great lines of maritime communication running towards it.

If we still adhere to our localised defence, we shall have two distinct kinds of force-one provided merely for local, and consequently restricted, action; the other able to act near the shore or far out at sea as circumstances may demand.

Consequently the only justification of expending money on the localised vessels of which we have been speaking, is the probability that an enemy would have some of his bases within reach of those vessels' efforts.

Have we here a case in which highly localised or even passive defences are desirable?

He remained of opinion that crisis could be localised.

He could assure him that if actual war broke out with Servia it would be impossible to localise it, for Russia was not prepared to give way again, as she had done on previous occasions, and especially during the annexation crisis of 1909.

The movement was thus successfully localised on the European continent, and further afield it was still more easily cut short.

Others determined to see in the book a literal transcript of fact, set themselves to localise and identify incidents which were pure fiction, introduced for reasons of picturesqueness.

How wonderfully the seasons are localised and subdivided.

If they represented the dissolution of a great political fabric, in which they once gloried with equal pride, they meant union herea oneness indissoluble in admiration for a great genius whose memory can no more be localised to a nation than the interest of his works.

The effect of these lines to Joanna, however, is certainly not impairedit may even be enhancedby our inability to localise them.

House wickedly delighted at prospect of SWINBURNE being haltingly declaimed with North Tipperary accent localised by companionship with the Town Commissioners of Nenagh; SPEAKER thinks it might be funny, but wouldn't be business; so PATRICK: having begun, "Night brings but one red starTyrannicide," is sternly pulled up.

Mtanga is by 'some' localised as the god of Mangochi, an Olympus left behind by the Yao in their wanderings.

49 examples of  localise  in sentences