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Usage examples of disposition.

He agrees that in the light of enemy dispositions it is right to postpone the March convoy.

The seemingly random disposition of Chinese surface ships resolved into a classic amphibious operations and antiair formation.

The comparative contentment of the great Sheikh at this moment, her silence, and the sudden departure of Fakredeen, induced Baroni to believe that there was yet something on the cards, and, being of a sanguine disposition, he sincerely encouraged his master, who, however, did not appear to be very desponding.

Birdsong instead of a playmate with a sunny disposition like Bena Peyton.

It was probable he would have been tyrannical with Bids too, if the girl had been of another disposition.

The number of the Blemmyes, scattered between the Island of Meroe and the Red Sea, was very inconsiderable, their disposition was unwarlike, their weapons rude and inoffensive.

The English line tends to be smaller and stockier than the American line, with blockier heads and gentle, calm dispositions.

When it became clear that the Allies would not land there but on the Channel coast, new dispositions were made and all boats were sent to the Channel.

The disposition of the boats now deviates in numerous points from the plan originally laid down for the U-boats.

No less was this than a precept from the Pratica Segreta that the horses were to be put at the disposition of the Cavaliere Aquamorta, of whom the State was most anxious to be rid.

On the 10th of April, 1848, when the great Chartist meeting took place near London, the dispositions made by the great duke to put down any attempt at insurrection, excited the admiration of all military men.

Not only is churchgoing perfunctory or absent, but in all ranks of life there is a disposition to make it a day of rest and amusement--sometimes the amusement rather than the rest.

There are but three, or at most four groups that could be defined as distinct clusters, and even in the case of these the disposition is so irregular and their boundaries so ill defined, through the great number of outlying small groups scattered about, that they can hardly be considered distinct.

There is a disposition on the part of artists to tell stories, to encroach upon the sentiment of literature, to paint with a dry brush in harsh unsympathetic colors, to ignore relations of light-and-shade, and to slur beauties of form.

Without an instant of unnecessary delay the dispositions were made, and no fewer than eight columns slipped upon the chase.