1. They decided to launch a pre-emptive strike.

2. We have no intention of launching a pre-emptive strike, but we will retaliate if provoked.

3. The prime minister authorized a pre-emptive air strike against the rebels.

4. The aircraft carried out a pre-emptive strike against bases in the north.

5. That is what is known as a pre-emptive whinge.

6. The procedure whereby the pre-emptive offer is to be communicated to the shareholders is laid down in section 90.

7. Right then, apparently, she put away any pre-emptive right to either Augusta or Thomas.

8. Both his coups began with a ruthless pre-emptive strike from a position of strength.

9. Thus, pre-emptive patenting can be a highly effective strategic entry barrier.

10. Perhaps general anaesthesia should be combined with pre-emptive local and regional anaesthetic blocks more often.

11. The defender launches his pre-emptive counter-attack a split second after the attacker prepares to strike.

12. To prevent them being expressed, you stage a pre-emptive strike.

13. Pre-emptive analgesia has, indeed, been said to have been shown to occur in several clinical studies.

14. It was a pre-emptive strike against attempts to rewrite and water down his proposals in the months ahead.

15. It still leaves the state Legislature with massive pre-emptive powers to override local decisions.

16. The Pre-emptive Thesis From the dependence and normal justification theses it is but a short step to the pre-emption thesis.

17. This diminishes the chances of accidental war or pre-emptive strikes motivated by unfounded fears.

18. He had half expected a divine pre-emptive strike, a thunderbolt maybe, as he queued for the body and blood.

19. In an interview with CNBC last week, Zell said filing for bankruptcy was a "pre-emptive" move to shore up the company for the future.

20. Last month, in a pre-emptive strike,[http://sentencedict.com] the European Parliament adopted a nonbinding resolution calling Internet access a fundamental freedom that could not be restricted except by a court of law.

21. The Treasury has decided to raise interest rates as a pre-emptive measure against inflation.

22. Getting rid of weapons reduces the risk of accidental, unauthorised, hair trigger or pre-emptive use.

23. The elective resolution procedure does not apply to the pre-emptive rights since a special resolution procedure is available to change the articles.

24. Both are meant to decide on the basis of dependent reasons and their decisions are therefore pre-emptive.

25. The US says it is prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike with nuclear weapons if it is threatened.

26. But it never got that far because Kasser fired his pre-emptive strike.

27. Is the Minister satisfied that the present staffing levels are sufficient to carry out the necessary pre-emptive intelligence work?

28. Apparently spooked, Univel cut its prices attempting what it called a pre-emptive strike.

29. Senators react badly to the sense that their country is being pushed around by foreigners—as their pre-emptive rejection of the Kyoto protocol showed.

30. However, North Korea regarded it as "a violent remark regarding a pre-emptive strike against the North," also demanding the South retract the words and extend public apologies.