Sentence examples for army in time from inspiring English sources

After failing to establish a new British film company, Ridley rejoined the Army in time for the Second World War and saw active service in France, where he suffered flashbacks and shell shock all over again.

Occupied with this task, he did not join the imperial army in time for the crushing Byzantine victory over the Pechenegs at the Battle of Levounion on 29 April, arriving the next day.

The justification for this was found in the Articles of Confederation, which allowed the Continental Congress to set up an army in time of war, but was not obligated to levy taxes.

The delay was caused by ʿAbbās' decision to create a standing army a concept novel to Ṣafavid kings, who traditionally levied armies in time of need from the tribal cavalry.

That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that, in all cases, the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.

The military jurisdictions judge all cases concerning offenders responsible to the army and, in time of war, those concerning persons accused of treason.

This bill gave the succession to Mary's sister, Anne, in default of issue to Mary; barred Roman Catholics from the throne; abolished the Crown's power to suspend laws; condemned the power of dispensing with laws "as it hath been exercised and used of late"; and declared a standing army illegal in time of peace.

Last year, President Jovenel Moïse declared that the Caribbean's poorest nation would be reconstituting its army, just in time for the drawdown of United Nations troops, who have been part of the Haitian security landscape for years.

A stationary army in this time quickly exhausted the local food supply for the horses, and foraging expeditions had to reach further and further, ever more exposed to partisan forces.

The 1689 Bill of Rights dictates that there needs to be an armed forces bill every five years, as it states that the keeping of an army in a time of peace is an offence "unless it be with the consent of parliament".

The new American Republic was understandably leery of creating a large standing army in peace time, having seen how such forces had been used in Europe to suppress freedom.