(1) In such a tightly managed duopoly partisan change is slow in coming, and then likely to be slow to dislodge .

(2) The enemy quickly overran most of the South Vietnamese position, but not even a furious 5-hour assault could dislodge the Americans.

(3) It may not be easy to dislodge them from their entrenched positions.

(4) Government opponents failed to dislodge the prime minister

(5) They withdrew to the mountainous south, whence Russian forces have to this day been unable to dislodge them.

(6) Only a united front could ever dislodge them.

(7) A largish van must have been used and even with a gang of thieves, it must have taken a fair amount of time to dislodge the stone and pile it up into the van.

(8) He was a very hard man to dislodge .

(9) Often a plant will dislodge a stone, causing all of its roots to be exposed or the soil to be lost.

(10) He was in charge of an engineer demolition squad attached to an infantry company which was committed to dislodge the enemy from a vital hill.

(11) Maximian, despite attempts including a lost naval battle in 289, could not immediately dislodge Carausius, who still held Boulogne in 293.

(12) More of the same will make the champions very hard to dislodge .

(13) The Fine Gael men were both elected on the first count in 1999 and will be hard to dislodge .

(14) She imitated the footfalls of the brigand ahead of her, trying not to dislodge gravel or stones.

(15) Their wins were not enough to dislodge Salman Al Khalifa from being crowned series champion.

(16) Massive airstrikes target a ridge early today, as coalition troops try to dislodge Iraqi forces.

(17) They have to, because the fringe players have to improve to dislodge the established lot.

(18) When she bends backwards and kicks her heels, she is in constant danger of dislodging the rose behind her ear.

(19) It may have become faded now, some stones might have been dislodged , but the beauty of what once was still lingers.

(20) When the matrix of a slab is hard, the cement paste on the surface can be washed off without dislodging the stones.