Sentence examples for In materiel from inspiring English sources

A prime reason was the fact that the Republicans were backed, more in materiel than men, by Stalin's Russia: an antipathy to communism was, it seems, a good enough excuse to overlook the presence in Franco's forces of German and Italian troops.

Critics refer to the process of "police militarization," and argue that the change in materiel leads to a shift in the way policing is done, from community-oriented, public service policing, to officers that look and behave like an occupying army.

Upon the outbreak of the war, the United States had an overwhelming advantage in materiel which had been left behind from World War II, and it relied on this to supply units in the first crucial days while new materiel was produced and shipped into the theater.

If Jünger sees evil in all this, it is in the materiel, not in his human adversaries.

Senior military officials told the GAO they were particularly worried that unexpected or abandoned contractor equipment -- including expensive and much-in-demand materiel-handling equipment, like forklifts and pallet trucks -- would suddenly show up "likely at the last minute".

(To digress for a moment, this wouldn't be the first time GE played both sides in a global conflict. They were convicted for collaborating with Nazi arms-maker Krupp to divvy up the world market in crucial war materiel in the run-up to World War II).

ZANU and its military wing, the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ZANLAA), received considerable backing in training, materiel and finances from the People's Republic of China and its allies, while the Warsaw Pact and associated nations, prominently Cuba, gave similar support to ZAPU and its Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army ZIPRAA).

ZEROING in on the most basic materiel in the men's wear arsenal — white T-shirts, blue jeans, khakis — has made hip and happy campers out of clothing makers and their customers alike.

In addition, we sent hundreds of ground forces into harm's way to act as advisors while providing both funds and materiel in support of countries in the region that are focused on degrading ISIS capabilities.

One gallery shows the personal possessions of soldiers, including objects that had been carved and shaped from war materiel in the trenches: erotic reliefs cut in the brass casings of shells, bullets turned into salt shakers, musical instruments carved from found wood or bent from metal remnants.

Heavy fighting took place in Goma, and both forces suffered losses in terms of materiel and personnel.