Sentence examples for a number of commandos from inspiring English sources

Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom Fleming knew during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II, to whom Fleming added his own style and a number of his own tastes; Bond's name was appropriated from American ornithologist James Bond.

A Secret Service agent, Bond was a composite based on a number of commandos whom author Ian Fleming had known during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II, to whom he added his own style and a number of his own tastes.

Earmarked for the offensive into Saudi Arabia was the Iraqi Third Corps, the 1st Mechanized Division from Fourth Corps and a number of commando units.

More than a hundred shots were heard from inside Nariman House, home to the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch, after a number of the blue-uniformed commandos landed on the roof and then made their way inside at 9 20 a.m.

P'stan The governor of Punjab said on Thursday that the Pakistani police had made a number of arrests in the commando-style attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in the Punjabi city of Lahore, but he offered no details, saying that a full report would be presented on Friday.

A call is made to the military, and a number of Royal Marines from 40 Commando are deployed to help reinforce flood defences in Burrowbridge.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Ghani said that reinforcements, including a national army battalion, a number of special forces, and commando personnel, have arrived in Kunduz province and "are prepared to give any sacrifice to frustrate the attempts of the enemies of the people of Afghanistan who want to disrupt security on orders of others".

An unspecified number of commandos apparently flew the 2,300 miles from Israel to Entebbe Airport and surprised the hijackers on the ground.

Concerned that Al Qaeda fighters may be fleeing into neighboring Pakistan, the American military has doubled the number of commandos working alongside anti-Taliban Afghan forces to about 50 in the last few days, officials said.

In the end, Trump quietly doubled down on Obama's strategy and upped the number of commandos, sent conventional troops, including marines, and reinforced the S.D.F. with weapons and vehicles.

The number of commandos in Europe has also expanded exponentially in recent years.