Sentence examples for contingent of two from inspiring English sources

From there, Wörth was detached to cover the disembarkation of the German expeditionary corps outside the Taku Forts, while Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and her other two sister ships joined the blockade of the Yangtze River, which also included a British contingent of two battleships, three cruisers, four gunboats, and one destroyer.

"We had a contingent of ninety members of Congress come to that funeral," Coburn recalls.

It says that Odysseus sailed with a contingent of twelve ships".

Joe Frazier led his son and a contingent of fifteen to the ring.

The contingent of four European players is a record: Deng (UK), Gasol (Spain), Nowitzki (Germany) and Parker (France).

Garcia led a contingent of seven rookies to join the Mets this week as rosters expanded, and they have provided a surprising solution to Atlanta's talented roster.

But today the government allowed the contingent of eight lawmakers -- from the Labor Party, the Center Party, the leftist Meretz Party and the Jewish-Arab Hadash Parto -- to visit Mr. Arafat.

A medical clinic is about to open on site; its initial contingent of six doctors will service 500,000 potential patients in Doha's industrial zone.

A 36-year-old sergeant said he was part of a contingent of nine vans of officers from Thames Valley and Hampshire police that was turned back from the burning furniture shop in Croydon, south London.

Bode Miller finished second to Michael Walchhofer of Austria in the classic Saslong downhill on Saturday in Val Gardena, Italy, reviving the defense of his overall World Cup title and heading a contingent of five Americans finishing among the top 10.

What would you think if I told you that a contingent of sixty-four Amiddle-schoolerschoolers was barred from the vicinity of Tiananmen Square yesterday until organizers agreed to break it into smaller groups of inoffensive numbers?