Despite repeated assertions by British and US commanders, it remains entirely unclear whether the Afghan army and police are equal to the task of continually securing so vast and unruly a country, once direct Nato ground and air support are withdrawn.
This is just a reflection of the fact that industrial systems have never been designed for the constant updates and patches that the modern world requires to continually secure systems.
He first attached himself to Giulio Alberoni, and after the fall of that minister he became the agent of Isabella Farnese, Philip V's intriguing wife, whose influence over her husband was boundless and who continually schemed to secure the succession to Parma, Piacenza, and Tuscany for her sons.
Short of some cataclysmic event that reshapes the entire landscape, strategy should hardly ever be new, but continually evolving to secure national interests (which remain constant) in a dynamic environment (in which change occurs in unpredictable ways and at varying speeds).
There is even an unlikely scenario in which Ellison and Perez are continually unable to secure a majority, and members coalesce behind another candidate who can transcend their differences. .
The space of appearance must be continually recreated by action; its existence is secured whenever actors gather together for the purpose of discussing and deliberating about matters of public concern, and it disappears the moment these activities cease.
While the SSG secured the ground floor of the mosque, they continually received fire from the mosque's minarets.
The women continually demanded a larger share of the work, and this was secured by the establishment of a new higher examination for women teachers.
132 The patient is secured in position with a head restraint and the eye is continually tracked during treatment.
The station has secured its future with the BBC Trust, but quite what that looks, or in fact sounds, like is continually developing – which is, I think, a good thing.
