Sentence examples for composition of the force from inspiring English sources

Although it is no guarantee of harmony, it is desirable that the racial and ethnic composition of the force reflect that of the larger community.

The participants also witnessed a dispute over the composition of the force, which Sudan was insisting must be all-African but others were saying must have some non-African elements if it was to meet United Nations standards.

John Sawers, the British ambassador, said the deployment was being slowed down by government delays in allocating land, providing access and approving the composition of the force that the African Union and United Nations had agreed on.

In fact the British, and the United Nations, have made it clear that the powers and composition of the force would be settled with the Afghan authorities before full deployment.

But the composition of the force -- civilian or military, or a mixture of the two; European or American, or a combination -- still appeared to be a matter of discussion, not only with Mr. Milosevic but also within the Western alliance.

The exact composition of the force that left Unadilla is unclear.

An article on May 19 about the declining crime rate in the Serbian province of Kosovo under an international police force run by the United Nations misstated the composition of the forces that expelled 70,000 ethnic Serbs from Sarajevo during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Extant records do not describe the composition of the forces that attacked Pensacola in August 1707 beyond "several hundred Tallapoosas and a few South Carolina traders".

These comments may presage a more proactive response by Iran (and it is hard to see that Russia and China will not be more proactive too, given the composition of the forces now being groomed by Saudi and Turkish intelligence).

The composition of the forces is clearer; the English army was composed almost entirely of infantry and had few archers, whereas only about half of the invading force was infantry, the rest split equally between cavalry and archers.

There is also some evidence that the age composition of the labor force has an aggregate effect on productivity, as Feyrer (2007) and Werding (2008) point out.