Sentence examples for big army from inspiring English sources

Russia wants a big army; it has always had one.

But for the big Army, that's never going to happen".

Greatness is more than having a big army.

He also fears Nigeria, which has 800 times the population and a big army.

Last month the republic saw a big army operation against a suspected rebel gang.

The government had said a big army offensive would go on.

"In some of them, it takes a very big army," he added.

The review recently undertaken by Robert Gates, America's defence secretary, resulted in the cancellation of part of the Future Combat Systems programme, a big army-modernisation project for which BAE is a prominent contractor.

The inmates were all housed in two big army-style barracks - there were anywhere between 50 and 100 people in each one.

Yemen has a big army by some estimates it gets four times as much cash as the public services do but many of its regular troops have gone over to the protesters.

It was a powerful contribution, generally well received within the establishment, except by the usual "Big Army" traditionalists with their obvious self-interest.