Sentence examples for Insufficient force from inspiring English sources

Insufficient force could be a possible reason.

Insufficient force led to a failure of relief.

It did not do so last week, when the voters dismissed the incumbent Labour government but with insufficient force to give the Tories a clear majority.

It would be far better to have too many reinforcements in Iraq than to suffer, once again, the tragic results of insufficient force levels.

Some participants had backed the administration on Iraq when it faced criticism that the war plan provided insufficient force and that it had been overly optimistic about Iraqi resistance.

"The classic errors of economic policy during crises are that governments tend to act too late with insufficient force and then put the brakes on too early," Mr. Geithner said.

Generals tell us of insufficient forces and of inadequate ground equipment and body armor.

The dispatch of the brilliant and churchy soldier "Chinese" Gordon to Khartoum with insufficient forces was a typical act of imperial parsimony.

Over time, in areas where there were insufficient forces to provide security, U.S. commanders extended contracts to Sunni (and some Shiite) tribes that volunteered to stand up against al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Still, two senior officials confirmed Tuesday evening that Mr. Bremer had sought more troops before he took up his post as the head of the coalition authority in Iraq, and that once he arrived in Baghdad he repeated his belief that the United States and its allies had committed insufficient forces to the task.

The men in ski masks who led the push, he said, believed it was a stalling maneuver by Mr. Yanukovych to buy time to deploy troops in the capital because the authorities decided the civilian police had insufficient forces to clear the square.