Trying to get the real allies in a case is often a great struggle.
It takes a real ally to keep some of these odd habits around.
The fact is, the Bush administration's long-term agenda will be very difficult without real allies and an international umbrella.
Unilateralist foreign policy will have left us without real allies.
Had I found a real ally only to lose her?
Suddenly they were real allies, pursuing the same goal.
There is only one real enemy, and no real allies.
The servant had proven a real ally, in the past.
The Yankees' only real ally last night was the rain.
Second, it will be because we have so few real allies.