southern flank
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsouthernandflank
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southern
adjective
uk/ˈsʌð.ən/us/ˈsʌð.ɚn/
in or from the south part of ...
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flank
noun[C]
uk/flæŋk/us/flæŋk/
the area of the body between the ribs and the hips of an animal or ...
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(Definition ofsouthernandflankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Debris flow deposits and other mass wastage products are rare, indicating relative stability of thesouthernflankof the edifice.
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On thesouthernflankwe have seen the withdrawal of our entire amphibious capability.
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It has said that it will do away with other large brigade-sized reinforcements, which were angled for thesouthernflank.
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It is clear that the countries of thesouthernflankdo not enjoy the same level of political development and/or economic prosperity.
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It may be realistic on thesouthernflankand world-wide.
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In such a comparison it is necessary to include thesouthernflankas well as the northern and central flanks.
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I shall have more to say about thesouthernflankin a moment.
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It has not always given itssouthernflankthe attention it deserved.
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I turn to the question of thesouthernflank.
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On the other hand, on thesouthernflankthe whole area is in a state of instability.
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We must therefore pay careful attention to thesouthernflank.
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At the western end of thesouthernflankthings are more encouraging than they were a year ago when we last discussed defence.
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The boundary which has been drawn on mysouthernflankmakes no sense to anyone.
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I do not accept that our action will lead to any degradation of thesouthernflank.
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I shall devote the rest of my speech to thesouthernflank, particularly the subject of oil.
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I turn to thesouthernflank.
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Having signed up to it, they have chosen to ignore its provisions so that they can deploy thousands of extra infantry and tanks on theirsouthernflank.
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I turn now to thesouthernflank.
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At times considerable bodies of the enemy formed on thesouthernflankand closely followed the rearguard, searching for opportunities to attack, when they came on with gallantry.
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Thesouthernflanksuffers from the same weaknesses as the central front—lack of reinforcements, limited reception facilities, especially for air force reinforcements and lack of inter-operability and national logistics.
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