Sentence examples for clear build from inspiring English sources

In the Bush years, the rallying cry when operations like Marja began was "clear, build and hold".

At that time the White House declared that American troops should never "clear, build and hold" territory in Afghanistan that it could not soon "transfer" to Afghan control.

Mr Bush said the influx of more American troops, together with Iraqi forces, would be enough to "clear, build and hold" militant areas.

For cities such as Detroit and Christchurch, it may be easier to fly ahead when you're starting from the bottom, but the message of their success is clear – build it and they will come.

The moral of the tale seems clear: build your house from bog-standard bricks, little rich man, and no one – not even big, bad Justin Bieber – will huff and puff till they egg it down.

During the review of Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, Mr. Gates made the argument, according to one participant in the White House Situation Room discussions, that "in any particular location you should be able to clear, build, hold and transfer" to the Afghan forces within two years.

How can we be operating a clear, build-and-hold strategy that depends on us bringing good governance to Afghans when the head of the government is so duplicitous?

Applying a mitochondrial targeting system we observed that targeting of Mito-GFP-N-WASP (Figure S4A) but not of GFP alone (data not shown) to mitochondria resulted in a clear build-up of F-actin on their surface (Figure S4A C).

The clear build-up of the curriculum and the vertical and horizontal integration of subject knowledge seem to have significantly reduced the lack of regulation [ 12].

Interestingly, however, treatment of HeLa cells with PS2 for 8 h failed to induce Xbp1 mRNA splicing, despite causing a clear build-up of polyubiquitinated species and profound inhibition of ERAD.

Hundreds of millions have been spent on developing this backwater, a part of the vaunted state-building strategy known as "clear, hold, build".