preserving order

Preserving order was the only reason Valerius had for being in the room just now, one of the first to learn the lamentable situation.

"They were right in preserving order."

The government was torn between the necessity for preserving order and the need to conciliate the Parisian populace; it succeeded in doing neither.

The United States was at liberty to intervene for the purpose of preserving order and maintaining Cuban independence.

In this close-knit network "people have an intimate understanding of each other, and the threat of violence is a continuous force for preserving order..."

In this century, transatlantic relations have been notable for the United States of America playing a decisive role in preserving order in Europe.

On one hand he is criticized as a staunchly conservative traitor, but on another he is seen as a hero in preserving order and stability.

Pierre Louis Roederer, thinking that a large number of people would come to see the first-ever public execution-by-guillotine, thought that there might be difficulty in preserving order.

His dedication to preserving order originally manifested in his previous career, an anthropologist specializing in reconstructions of ruins of long-dead civilizations.

His methods of preserving order were seen as radical and totalitarian even in the North and Europe with him issuing Butler's General Order No. 28.

Aristocrats who stayed on Wunderland-the majority-saw no alternative to cooperating with the occupation forces, at least to the extent of preserving order among humans and keeping industries in operation.

As the years passed, he became more and more fixated upon not simply protecting his sector, but on preserving order in the society of his home planet no matter the cost.

On 26 October Administrator John Bushe consulted the Executive Council on 'the final arrangements to be made for preserving order during the Hosea'.

Syrian military observers, who took charge of preserving order in West Beirut last July, persuaded officials of the two sides to recall their men in an effort to stop the violence.

There are no local police or judges, United Nations police are just beginning to trickle in and NATO is doing an uneven and unsatisfactory job of preserving order.

Mussolini and the Fascists took advantage of the situation by allying with industrial businesses and attacking workers and peasants in the name of preserving order and internal peace in Italy.

The Speaker presides over the House, administering the oath of office to Members, calling the House to order, and preserving order and decorum within the Chamber and in the galleries.

He directed American naval operations during the Allied intervention at Vladivostok during the Russian Civil War, and was chairman of the ten-nation council tasked with preserving order in the Russian Far East.

Martial law, capable of preserving order but not reversing economic decline, in turn yields to semi-pluralism as the principle of the party's monopoly of power is jettisoned to create a national consensus behind measures to salvage the country's economy.

However, against the background of government concern over inner-city disturbances, picket line violence, the Greenham Common demonstrations and other large scale protests, the emphasis has been on preserving order and minimising public inconvenience rather than facilitating effective protest.

He entered the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders as an ensign on 8 June 1820, but was transferred to the 19th Foot and quartered in Ireland where he took part in preserving order during the "Ribbon" outrages.

About 45,000 Indian soldiers are in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, with a stated mission of fighting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, protecting pro-Indian Tamil groups against them and preserving order.

But the city's decision, and its very public way of communicating it to the organizers, made it clear that the Bloomberg administration is placing a premium on preserving order during the convention in heavily used areas like Central Park and Times Square.

The Bays were not at the Battle of Waterloo, being engaged in preserving order during the troublous times at home, but shortly after it was fought they embarked for the Continent, there to form part of the Army of Occupation.

"Ties between the sokaiya and securities companies, they're as close as the chicken and the egg - and you can't tell which comes first," said Kaoru Ogawa, a former sokaiya who says he worked for Nomura preserving order at shareholder meetings.