Sentence examples for building a corps from inspiring English sources

The problem, however, is that the dead are not exactly a great starting point for building a corps of political activists.

Small shops like Ms. Frank's are built on customer service, with the aim of encouraging return visits and, ultimately, building a cherished corps of regulars.

Still, the threat would have been less credible if Libertarian Party activists hadn't spent years building a volunteer corps and challenging restrictive ballot access laws.

"Building an air corps in the middle of a war is like building an aircraft in mid-flight," says Brigadier-General Walter Givhan, commander of the American training team.The Afghan army is also being built in mid-battle, expanding from the current 80,000 troops to 134,000 (plus embedded Western troops) by 2011.

But still, armies are much better than other institutions at building a lifelong esprit de corps.

There is no apparent viable process for identifying suitable recruits or building an esprit de corps.

The Corps is building a new mat-sinking unit called Armor One.

The corps is building a sill — basically, a dam of sediment — in the river below New Orleans low enough to block the flow of salt water while letting boats pass.

Over all, American officials have said that the United States could spend more than $400 million in the next several years to enhance the corps, including building a training base near Peshawar.

In an attempt to deal with this, the state department created in 2006 a civilian response corps with the aim of building a cadre of hundreds of civilian government workers with expertise in different areas of post-conflict reconstruction.

Pakistan's officer corps and ruling elites remain largely moderate and more interested in building a strong, modern state than in exporting terrorism or nuclear weapons to the highest bidder.