However, the relative peace and endurance of the Banu Marwan�s statelet-46 years-testifies to the impregnability of its castles : any Emirate offensive in the S�o Mamede would be a bloodbath.
22.
The obelisk to her right also shimmers in the light of the sun and references traditional symbols of the Immaculate Conception associated with the Tower of David and the Ivory Tower, evoking impregnability, virginity and purity.
23.
Fort Vijaydurg, named as the " Eastern Gibraltar " because of its virtual impregnability, was impressive as seen by British, Dutch, Portuguese armies and travellers 400 years ago and even today as seen by visitors.
24.
An extremely strong captain may almost ignore his hange; a captain less able stations himself on a key junction, which he is then able to protect by virtue of his impregnability within the area of the live hange.
25.
The crash of a plane into the world's largest office building _ its size a symbol of American military strength, its bunker appearance a symbol of American impregnability _ brought a loud noise, black smoke, and a fireball.
26.
The consequence of the impregnability of the walls was the riot of Mohammad Khan Torkaman in the Safavid era, who misused the weakness of then-government in the time of Mohammad Khodabanda and rebelled and used this strong shelter as his base.
27.
The British public acquired " an emotional, albeit irrational, attachment to the place . " The reputed impregnability of Gibraltar gave rise to the expression, which is still current today, of something being as " strong as the Rock of Gibraltar ".
28.
The terrorist bombing of the U . S . S . Cole in Yemen last week left a charred, twisted opening in the vessel's hull and an equally gaping hole in the sense of complacency many Americans felt about the impregnability of the nation's naval forces.
29.
In 1597 the Hklun tribes agreed on a truce with Nurhaci and thereafter Baindari, whose territory was situated between the Yehe towns and Nurhaci's center of operations, wavered in allegiance from one to the other, finally deciding to trust in the impregnability of his city to defend him against both.
30.
The inaccessibility, the apparent impregnability, of this submerged iron fortress are most satisfactory; the officers and crew get down through a little hole in the deck, hermetically seal themselves, and go below; and until they see fit to reappear, there would seem to be no power given to man whereby they can be brought to light.
